Sorry for this extremely late update… I was going to update months ago, but I wanted to check it over one more time first before I posted it, and… I never got around to checking it one more time until today. But here you go!

Hmm… well, how do I explain this? Umm… expect the unexpected in this chapter. That's all I'm saying. Oh, and forget about the technicalities in real life. This is fanFICTION, so I don't have to be 100 percent real, ok? Just so I don't get any flames for that one…

Oh, and for Talon, you said you wanted to see more of Cyborg and Jack, so towards the end, you will see it. See, I told you I just wasn't at the right place in the story. And mangomanga, everyone will get their stories completed eventually. If it's being neglected now it won't be neglected later. Everyone, just remember that. This is bound to be a long story (and I'm bad at updating!) so everything will be tied together and not neglected eventually. Now, on with the show!

Disclaimer: Vandagirl does not own Dots, Radio Shack, or Macy's. Or Teen Titans.

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Chapter 12: Dress Shopping!

At about 10 o'clock in the morning, just as the mall was about to open, Terra and Megan stood outside the mall with the warm Saturday morning weather. Being the weekend before homecoming, the mall was bound to be crowded, so they made sure they were as early as possible so all the good dresses were still available.

Megan paced up and down the entrance and looked at her watch. "Raven and Myra were supposed to be here five minutes ago! What's taking them?"

"Relax, Meg," Terra suggested convincingly. "They'll be here. Just give them some time. We're missing Kori and Sara too. Don't waste your anger on Raven and Myra. They'll be here eventually. So… don't get all been-out-of-shape about this. I mean, we're only going dress shopping. It's not like we're going on an extremely important date or anything. They'll be here when they're here." She sat down on a nearby bench and placed her black purse next to her.

Megan sighed and sat next to her. "Yeah, I guess you're right. They'll be here eventually."

At that moment, two figures dressed in black came running towards them. When they were in front of the other two girls, Megan exclaimed, "Raven, Myra, it's about time!"

"Geez, sorry…" stated Myra. "I kinda wanted to sleep until 11 o'clock or so, but I forgot about this thing, so… I kinda had to keep Raven waiting."

"But it was fine by me. The only reason why I'm going to homecoming is because Victor wants me to."

"But that's a good reason. Come on, it'll be fun!" Terra insisted.

Raven looked past the others as she responded, "… whatever…"

"Now we just have to wait for Kori and Sara. I wonder where they are…" stated Megan.

Raven remembered something. "Gar told me, I don't know why, that she was bringing someone else with us. I wasn't listening to him enough to remember who she's bringing… probably something about that redhead he hangs around a lot…"

Terra became confused. "Gar said… wait, why in the world is Kori bringing…"

She was cut off with, "Were are here! Apologies for being late!" The voice belonged to none other than Starfire; following behind her were Sara and, as Terra most likely assumed, Gloria.

Megan smiled. "Good, everyone's finally here. Let's get going so we can buy things on sale before the other girls take them."

Terra's mouth gaped wide open. What was Gloria doing here? She wasn't going to homecoming, was she? There was only one way to find out. She approached Starfire and asked her, "Kori, why is Gloria here? You didn't tell me she was coming with us!"

Starfire nodded. "I did not tell you because it was supposed to be a surprise. And I know you do not really have anything against my sister. You are just jealous of Gar and she. But there is no need to feel jealousy of any kind. They are merely friends, and once you and my sister settle your differences, you will become friends too."

"But…but…" Terra's eyes could tell anyone she was begging… for something.

Starfire put her hand in front of Terra's face. "There are no 'buts' needed in this conversation. My sister is a lovable girl, and today while we are shopping, you will realize that."

Terra sighed as she and the other six girls entered the building.

The mall was huge. Just in that specific entrance hall there were seven different stores, plus a couple of souvenir stands. Starfire gazed around in awe and wonder at how large this place was. To her right was a Dots. She ran inside. "Come friends! We must shop here first!"

Megan scratched her head. "Kori, I'm not sure if they sell homecoming dresses in there…"

Sara, forgetting how quiet she normally was, grabbed Megan's wrist and said, "Oh come on! We can still have fun in here!" She pulled Megan in, and following them were Terra, Gloria, and Myra.

Raven stayed put. "Actually, I'll pass on this store." But Myra grabbed her hand and dragged her in as well.

Inside Dots were white walls, a purple carpet, and racks upon racks of girls' clothing. All the girls raced around the store to see what kind of clothes they liked. Raven and Myra seemed to enjoy looking around more slowly, but they were still at least vaguely interested.

Terra came across a yellow T-shirt with black writing that said, "You're not invited." She ran up to Megan and asked, "Should I get this, even though we're only supposed to buy our homecoming dresses with this money? This shirt is only ten dollars, so I'm not sure if I want to get it. What do you think?"

Megan paused. "How much money do you have?"

"About… sixty-five dollars. What do you think?"

Megan struck a thinking pose. "Hmm… how about you buy your dress first, and then if you have enough money afterwards, go right ahead."

Terra headed back to the rack. "All right. I just hope someone else doesn't take it."

Gloria was standing next to the rack with her arms crossed. "I highly doubt anyone else would buy that shirt. Most girls aren't like you."

Just after she put the shirt back on the rack, she cocked an eyebrow at Gloria. "Excuse me? What's that supposed to mean? Was that a compliment or an insult?"

Gloria frowned. "I don't understand why Gar likes you. You can't even tell the difference between a compliment or an insult even if it smacked you right across your ugly face!"

"Well you know what? He couldn't care less! He likes me, for me. Nothing else."

Raven and Myra looked up from their business and watched Terra and Gloria bicker. "This doesn't look good," Raven mentioned.

"I hear you. I've seen girls fight over boys, and it's not pretty. Let's break them up before they start a fire," Myra agreed. The two of them pulled the other two girls apart from their fight.

Terra frowned heavily as she shouted, "I knew it! You're after Gar! I was right and everyone else was wrong!"

"Took you long enough to figure that out!" Gloria retorted.

Raven had been holding onto Terra. "So, she is after your boyfriend. I thought you were the only girl who could like him that way. This world never seizes to amaze me."

Gloria tried to struggle out of Myra's grasp. "He's mine! He likes me more! He's just afraid of breaking up with you!"

"How do you know that! Why would he be afraid?" Terra shouted.

Myra shook her head. "This argument sounds awfully familiar, Gloria. Your sister is in a similar situation, except this time, Tara is the victim instead of Kori, and you're the enemy trying to steal the boyfriend. You play Brittany Sanders' role in Kori's problem. Don't you think that's a little sad?" She paused for a moment. "Speaking of which, where IS Kori? And Megan and Sara?"

Raven figured it was safe to let go of Terra, so after she did, rather than checking to see for herself if it was safe, she noticed Starfire, Megan, and Sara running away from some male figure. "They're over there running from something. We should see what's going on."

Myra nodded her head and let go of Gloria. "Right. Come on guys. We should see what's up." Myra led the other three, but before they left the store, she added, "Gloria, Tara, please don't fight. Now's not the time to do so. Just follow me and don't cause trouble. In fact, don't even say a word to each other, okay?"

Terra and Gloria just glared at each other for a second, but soon followed Raven and Myra. As soon as all four of them exited the store, Myra stopped in her tracks and stared at what was happening. She saw a man chasing the other three girls. He was actually not running, but flying. He was firing green energy bolts from his hands and from his eyes. He was laughing maniacally, saying things like, "Oh, this is fun!" or "I don't want this to end!" in between laughs.

Raven was staring with Myra with a frown, but all that could come out of her mouth were the words, "Drain's back…"

Terra watched closely behind Raven and responded, "But why here?"

"That's Drain?" asked Myra.

Gloria gasped. "That's the guy Kori was telling me about! Why would he be attacking her now?"

"I know why he'd be attacking her," replied Raven, "But why is he attacking Megan and Sara?"

"No! Kori! Megan! I'm coming!" shouted Terra. She ran towards the action, but Raven grabbed her wrist. "Hey, let me go!"

"No Tara. It's too dangerous. We have to think of a plan. We can't just run out there. We'd get stuck in the action with Kori, Megan, and Sara."

"But what can we do?" asked Gloria.

Myra thought for a moment. She came up with an idea. "I have it! Raven and Tara, you run over to the side of the action and distract him. Gloria and I will direct the others to Dots. Then when you have the chance, make a run for it to Dots. He won't have enough room to fly around in there, since there are too many racks of stuff. Are we clear?"

Raven thought for a moment. "Not the greatest plan, but what else do we have? Come on, Tara." They both ran towards the action and shifted to the side.

Drain spotted them and shouted, "Raven! Tara! Long time no see! Want to have some fun?"

"Bring it on!" replied Terra. They stood in a fighting pose until Drain raced towards them. They began running towards the store, but kept turning out of the entranceway wing because the others hadn't made it to the store yet.

Myra and Gloria raced towards the other three. Gloria immediately went by Starfire's side and asked, "Kori, are you all right?"

"Yes, I am fine. Thank you for your concern," she responded as she inhaled some extra breath.

"Come on. Let's head for Dots. We can hide there," Myra commanded.

"But what about Raven and Tara?" asked Megan.

"They'll join us in a minute. They'll be fine. But for now we have to run to the store before Drain catches us." The five of them made their way to the store and each of them hid behind a clearance rack.

Meanwhile, Raven and Terra were still being chased by Drain. They had found out that the others had made it safely back to Dots, so they made their way towards it. But just before they entered the store, Drain chanted, "Azerath Metrion Zinthos!" and lifted the two girls in the air, carrying them in a black bubble.

Terra sighed and shouted at Myra, even though she could not see her, "Myra! Your plan didn't work! We're trapped in a giant black bubble!"

Myra dashed out of the store and saw them float away in the bubble. "I'm sorry this plan didn't work out! Uh… I just hope you'll be all right!"

Raven crossed her arms. "Got any more plans, genius?"

Myra ignored her friend's sarcasm and responded, "I'll get you out… somehow! Just… hang on for a few minutes!"

Raven sighed. "Great. A maniac is carrying us away with my powers, and my new best friend can't help us. This is so my idea of a fun weekend."

"Relax, Raven. It's not like he's going to kill us. He could have done that a long time ago if he wanted to. We'll get out of this… somehow," Terra explained to her.

When Drain was finally done taking them away, he let the bubble die down and let them drop on the ground. They were located outside a Macy's, somewhat near the food court. "Now, why do you think I put you down here?" he asked the girls.

Terra made a guess. "Uh… you're going to help us with our dress shopping?"

"You're turning into your boyfriend…" Raven commented.

Drain chuckled, "Not quite, my dear. Take another guess."

"Can't you just tell us already? This is a waste of time," Raven bluntly stated.

He pouted. "Fine, little-Miss-Impatient. I'll give you a hint." He began pacing around them. "Now, what are the names of the six boys you are friends with?"

Terra was the first to answer. "Gar, Dick…"

"Victor, Jack…" Raven added.

"Alan and…"

The two girls took one look at each other in the eye, and finished at the same time monotonously, "Clive."

"Haha! You're correct!"

"What did you do with them?" Raven finally asked.

He laughed a little more. "Well, let's see… first, I kidnapped them from their homes. Then, I took them here to Macy's. I kind of… gave them a makeover."

Raven and Terra stared at each other for ten seconds, each second their eyes getting wider and wider. Then Terra finally asked, "A… makeover?" Soon, Terra burst out laughing and Raven snorted, trying her very hardest to suppress her laughter. They could only imagine what kind of "makeover" this had become.

Drain chuckled. "Yes, it is funny, isn't it? Guess who helped me?"

Raven wiped a few tears from her eyes, even though she thought she had kept it all inside. She took a deep breath, but still left a smirk on her face.

Terra clutched her waist since it began to hurt her too much. She wiped tears from her eyes as well. Then she asked, "Oh, what was that Drain? What did you say?"

"I said, 'guess who helped me'?" he answered a bit sourly.

Terra thought for a moment, "Hmm… Slade?" She immediately started rolling on the floor, laughing at her own joke.

Raven rolled her eyes. "I resent the comment I made earlier. You are your boyfriend."

Drain smacked his forehead. "What has gotten into you, Tara? Have you gone on some sugar high? Or… maybe some sort of illegal high…"

Terra immediately snapped out of her slaphappy mood, glared at Drain, and shouted, "No, I am not on a sugar high, or an illegal high for that matter!"

"You thought she was on drugs? I mean, sure she's acting weird, but what else do you expect when your guy friends are dressed up like drag queens?"

"Wait… you mean Tara's not on drugs? And she had THAT mood change? Ah man! That is rich! You HAVE to reenact that moment for me! Raven, there's a Radio Shack right over there. Video cameras are on sale for fifty dollars. Could you buy one for me, pretty please?"

"No. If you want a video camera, go buy one yourself."

"And, please. I have better things to do than follow your orders. Besides, I probably couldn't reenact it the way you want me to anyway," Terra responded.

"Fine! I'll go buy the camera myself!" He stormed away into the Radio Shack.

At that moment, Starfire, Myra, Megan, Sara, and Gloria raced over to Raven and Terra. Starfire explained to them, "We apologize that we could not help. We were, however, spying on you and Drain. Dick has been… made-over?"

Myra crossed her arms. "I can't believe he put Clive in make-up. Why are the friends of the Teen Titans being punished?"

Sara looked strangely at Starfire. "Kori, why would someone even think of putting make-up and dresses on guys? That's just so gross! Guys' legs are just so… hairy! It's disgusting!"

Megan smirked. "That's for sure. I mean, Alan'll look like… me! That's just wrong!"

Starfire grew anxious. "Oh, we must help our friends, for they are in danger of embarrassment beyond belief! We must return them to their normal male form before they are seen in public!"

Gloria stood there and thought about Beast Boy in a dress. "Wow… Gar in a dress… that's actually kind of disgusting. But I wonder if it's pink!" She giggled. "He's so funny!"

Myra noticed Drain walking out of Radio Shack and ordered, "We should go to Macy's and find them before Drain does something to them, like take them out in the open. Come on, let's go." They all headed towards the store and entered.

They came to a fork in the path near the entrance, so Raven and Myra indicated them to split up, Raven, Myra, Terra, and Megan to the right, and Starfire, Gloria, and Sara to the left. They each continued their paths, sometimes getting distracted by the clothes and jewelry, especially Starfire. To her group's left, they found a dressing room.

Sara asked, "Do you think they're in there?"

"Probably," answered Gloria. "If Drain was telling the truth, where else would they be? I'm just surprised no one else in the mall knows about this yet."

"I say we should check to see if we can find them," suggested Starfire.

The three of them entered the dressing room. It was like a normal dressing room, about six changing stalls, not including the handicapped one. The stalls were very off-white, the walls were white, and the carpet was dark purple.

Starfire stepped inside the dressing area and looked around. "Dick? Friends? Are you in here, or are you not?"

A voice came out of the handicapped stall. "Kori? Is that you?"

Starfire lit up. "Dick! Dick I have found you!" She rushed to the handicapped stall and opened the door. Lo and behold, all six boys were sitting on the bench in the stall, each of them looking like someone had died.

Robin was wearing a light purple tank top dress that almost reached to his feet. He was wearing white gloves and white high-heeled shoes. He was also wearing pink lipstick, purple eye shadow, black mascara, and brown eyeliner. His hair was combed so that it was down and it reached to the middle of his ears.

Cyborg was wearing a light blue dress that reached his knees. It had a little more sleeve than a tank top, and there was lace at the edges of the sleeves. His sandals were silver high heels. His make-up was red lipstick, blue eye shadow, and blue mascara. He wore large silver magnetic hoop earrings.

Beast Boy's dress was, in fact, pink. The collar was extended to where the shoulder started, and the sleeves were poofed and reached about halfway down the upper arm. His shoes were also pink, and were high-heeled as well. He wore fake pink nails, and sterling sliver magnetic pendants with pink jewels in the middle. He wore pink lipstick, pink eye shadow, pink eyeliner, and black mascara. His hair was put up in pigtails, with pink ribbons, of course.

Jack was probably the ugliest of them all, considering that fact that his face was the most masculine. His dress was burgundy with sparkles, and it was a sleeveless dress that reached his knees. He wore silver high heels that also sparkled. He wore hoop earrings with the circumference of a pop can. His make-up was a lot of dark red lipstick, dark red eye shadow, and lots and lots of blush as an attempt to hide the extreme masculinity of his face.

Alan did, in fact, look a lot like his sister. His dreadlocks had been removed, so his hair was in an afro. His dress was a tomato red with black lining on the collar, the end of the skirt, and the sleeves. The sleeves were a regular short sleeve, and the dress went down to his ankles. He wore red lipstick, pink eye shadow, and black mascara. His shoes were ruby red, and they sparkled.

Clive's outfit was one that looked like Myra would wear. The dress was black with flowers made up of sparkled outlines. There were no sleeves except for the elastic straps to hold the dress up. The dress reached a little past his knees, and was laced at the bottom. His shoes were black, they were heeled, but not high-heeled. His make-up was black: black lipstick, black eyeliner, black eye shadow, and black mascara.

Gloria and Sara rushed right behind Starfire and they both entered the stall. Gloria burst out laughing as she glanced at Beast Boy. He groaned in embarrassment.

Sara exited the stall and said, "I'll go find Raven and the others and tell them that we found you. I'll bring them here so they can… well, what are we going to do, anyways?"

Starfire thought. "How about you get Raven and friends and we will think of something. Right now Gloria and I will keep them company." Sara left and did as instructed.

Gloria sat in Beast Boy's lap and hugged his neck. "Gar, you look so silly in your pink dress!"

Beast Boy only moaned and answered, "Why do I have to wear pink? Why me? Why not Dick?"

Starfire giggled. "Because if my beloved Dick wore pink, then I would have to change my mind as to how beautiful he looks right now!" She sat in Robin's lap and smiled. "Dick, you look beautiful."

Robin moaned, "But I'm a boy! I'm not supposed to be beautiful!"

Cyborg agreed. "And boys aren't supposed to wear large silver hoop earrings! Or make-up! That is, unless they're gay, but none of us are gay!"

Clive stood up. "Why on Earth was I chosen to wear a dress with flowers on it? This is ridiculous!" He put his hands on his hips.

The other five glared at him. Then Beast Boy finally said, "At least you get to wear black! Look at me! I'm a giddy little drag queen over here! I'm wearing the girliest color ever invented! At least your dress is a little more masculine!"

"Dude, there's no such thing as a masculine dress," Jack added irritably. "We all look like a bunch of idiots in a clown show."

Alan sighed. "Well, at least Megan might be able to find a dress. She might like the one I'm wearing."

Starfire tried to end the discussion by saying, "It does not matter. You will not stay like this permanently, so there is no need to fret over each others' beauty." The others only stared at her. She responded, "I was merely making a joke…"

"I'm sorry Kori," Robin said. "It's just not funny right now. We'll laugh about this later… much, much later."

"Yeah, when we're eighty," Beast Boy commented. "That's when we'll be stuck at the nursing home our kids sent us to, and then we'll all be taking our medicines…"

Jack glared at Beast Boy. "Dude?"

"Yeah?"

"Don't you ever shut up?"

"Nope," Cyborg stated. "He just talks and cracks jokes all day."

"Hey!" Gloria screamed. "Don't be mean to Garry-Gar! His jokes are funny!"

That was when Cyborg realized that Gloria was really, really, really flirting with Beast Boy. He decided to spare Beast Boy the awkward situation that would come about when Terra came. "Gloria, how about you get off Gar before Tara kills you…"

Gloria frowned. "Oh yeah, I forgot. The blonde one is the queen around here." She then got out of Beast Boy's lap. He made a sigh of relief.

The others looked around, shaking their heads at whomever they made eye contact with next.

Shortly after the brief moment of silence, Sara, followed by the clump of remaining girls, opened the door to the stall. The four behind her only stared at them with wide eyes.

Myra rushed over to Clive and smiled. "Clive, you look like… me!"

He looked down in his lap, looked back up at Myra, and responded, "So that must be why I'm the one to wear black! But… if that is the case, then why is Gar the one to wear pink?"

Terra stared at Beast Boy, then burst into laughter. She gave him a hug across his neck and shouted, "You look so funny! You look funnier than you normally do!"

"You mean, I always look funny?"

Gloria shoved Terra out of the way and answered, "No, that's just mean old Tara talking. I think you look handsome!"

"Actually Gloria," Terra retorted, "I was joking. Truth is, he is funny. That, 'mean old Gloria,' is a compliment."

"Ok, ok. Break it up, you two," Megan insisted. They only glared at each other. Beast Boy didn't do anything except watch.

Cyborg whispered towards Raven, "Ok, I guess Tara was telling the truth. Weird, I didn't know another girl could like Gar that way…"

"I know. It's amazing. I was stunned myself," she replied. She couldn't help but stare at Cyborg's light blue designer outfit.

He looked down in his lap in embarrassment. "Aw man… why us?"

She sat down right next to him. "We'll get you out of this." She thought for a moment. "By the way, how did Drain get you guys in those dresses?"

Megan agreed. "Yeah, you guys wouldn't normally let him make you over… would you?" She placed her eye on Alan, who was twiddling his thumbs and staring at his lap.

All six boys had heard Megan's words. They each exchanged glances, but none of them could come up with a word to say.

"Please tell us," Starfire insisted. "Why will you not speak?"

"All Drain told me and Raven was that he took all you guys from your homes and gave you makeovers. He didn't say how or…" Terra paused. "Wait, he did say someone was helping him, but…"

The boys seemed to be taken aback by her comment, but no one seemed to notice.

Terra continued, "… we were supposed to guess who it was. Raven wouldn't guess, and I was a bit busy laughing to guess a serious answer, so I guessed Slade."

Robin cocked an eyebrow. "Slade? Of all the crazy villains out there who could have helped him, you guessed Slade?"

Beast Boy burst out laughing. "Dude, you thought SLADE gave us makeovers? That's totally hilarious!" He began prancing around the room. "Oo! Look at me! I'm a pretty little villain named Slade! I, like, put make-up on my worst enemies! I'm so totally powerful!"

Nobody was laughing. Not even Terra or Gloria, who both just stood there in utter disappointment. They had no idea that Beast Boy was effeminate.

Raven crossed her arms and responded to his acting, "I think he's been a drag queen for a little too long…"

Beast Boy, in an attempt to save his reputation, rushed over to Terra and Gloria to explain. "Dude, I swear I don't normally act like that! It was totally the pink dress! I swear! Please don't hate me!" He got on his knees and begged.

"All right, Gar," Terra said first. "I don't think you're coming out of the closet."

"I don't think so either…" Gloria added.

"Nobody's coming out of the closet!" a familiar female voice screamed. "What are all these girls doing here? They're not allowed!"

"Brittany!" shouted Myra.

Brittany opened the door and approached them. "That's right! Now get out so I can give Dick, Clive, and Alan decent pairs of earrings!"

Starfire became enraged. "Why are you doing this to my friends? I order you to let them be their own selves again!"

Brittany only laughed. "I can't do that! I only take orders from Drain!"

"Why are you working for Drain?" Myra asked irritably. "Shouldn't you be buying your homecoming dress like the rest of us? That is, the rest of us girls?"

Brittany laughed again. "I only want what is most expensive and beautiful! I shouldn't be looking for sales in a cheap mall for a dress! What kind of girl do you think I am?"

Myra didn't hesitate to answer the question. "I think you're a stupid bitch! But fine, go waste your money on a dress you're only going to wear once. Like I'd bother to stop you…"

"I'm not going to spend any of my money! Drain's going to buy it for me! Of course, I'll be with him so he doesn't get me anything ugly. Boys have such awful taste in dresses…"

"We're not supposed to have good taste!" exclaimed Cyborg. "We don't wear dresses!"

"You do now…" she responded with an evil grin.

Raven crossed her arms. "That was utterly unpredictable…" she responded sarcastically.

"But that still does not tell us why our boys are dressed the way they are dressed," commented Starfire. "Why did they let you decorate them?"

She only increased the size of her smile. "It was easy. I've got a gun, and I showed it to the boys. Either they die, or they turn into girls. Of course, just as I thought they would, they chose the girl part. I honestly don't think that dressing as the opposite sex is really worse than death. I mean, at least…"

"Let them go!" Starfire demanded.

"Why should I? I've got a gun, remember?" That was when she held it up in the air.

"Are you afraid to use it?" Jack asked--randomly.

"Of course not!" she answered proudly.

"Well, you should be. Have you forgotten about the law?"

"Yeah, but what could you do about it? No one can hear us! And none of you have cell phones! Drain kidnapped you all while you were still in your pajamas!"

Jack signaled to Sara. "Hey, cute brunette."

Having not said anything in a while, she immediately felt out of place, but she still answered shyly, "M-me?"

"You're the only cute brunette around here."

Sara began to blush brightly.

Jack smirked. "What's your name?"

"Um… Sara…"

"Sara, is there anything in your purse that could probably help us in this situation?"

She immediately began digging through her petite silver purse, and she pulled out a silver flip-phone. "Oh! I forgot! Daddy loaned this to me in case there was an emergency!"

"Well then, Brittany. Guess you can't fight the law anymore, can you?" He smirked.

Brittany only rolled her eyes. "Oh please. They wouldn't catch me. Drain could take me far away from here."

"Actually, you'd be surprised. Cops don't take murder lightly, in case it wasn't obvious. They'll find you. You kind of stand out from the crowd."

She smiled arrogantly. "I know, don't I?"

"Mmm… not exactly the way you want to stand out, but I guess you can brag about it if you want."

Brittany shook her head, realizing that she completely changed the subject. "Well, I don't care if you call the police! You're still not changing out of these dresses!"

"Brittany, I think we're done torturing for today," Drain said as he entered, as if on cue.

Her eyes were wide with disappointment. "Wh-what? But why?"

"Because, if we torture them out now, then they have the rest of the school year to fly away with easily. Now, we don't want that, do we? No, of course not. We want to take things nice and slowly."

"Yeah but, I thought we were gonna do more today…"

"Are you joking? Putting them in homecoming dresses? Please! That's so lame! We can come up with better ideas than that, can't we? This was just a test run. Besides, the boys suffered much more than the girls. And it's not like it's going to be torture for them if we put the girls in tuxedos! Girls don't mind that stuff as much. Now, can we go? I've got a new video camera and a used Mega Jupiter to test out when I get home!"

"And you have to buy me that dress!"

"Oh that's right…" he remembered painfully. "Four hundred dollars… that's a lot. Oh, what the heck? I'll manage! Come Brittany, let's get out of here."

"Wait," Megan insisted. "How come no one caught you guys doing this? That is, besides us?"

"Oh? You thought people didn't catch us?" Drain implied.

"Okay, how come no one stopped you?" she corrected herself.

"They tried," he began, "But I just knocked the security unconscious. And as for the police, well… let's just say that all their communication devices were on the fritz… it was probably all fixed by the time you girls found the boys, but people just didn't bother calling them anymore since I wasn't causing any more trouble at that point."

"And going through all the trouble with the police and the security was worth this?" Raven asked implying the situation with the dresses.

"Well it certainly wasn't worth getting in trouble for putting boys in dresses," Drain answered. "But it certainly was fun! But I must go now. Toodaloo!" He and Brittany stepped out of the dressing room and closed the stall door.

"So…" Clive began. "If you girls could be so kind as to leave the dressing room, then that would be much appreciated!"

"Clive," Myra responded. "We were going to do that anyway…"

"Well, I just wanted to make sure because some girls probably wanted to—"

"Ok, Clive," Raven interrupted. "We get it. We'll leave." Raven was first to step out of the stall, then followed Myra, Sara, Starfire, Terra, Megan, and then Gloria.

Beast Boy literally ripped off the dress and began swinging it in the air. "FREEDOM!" he shouted at the very top of his lungs.

Cyborg, noticing the large rip in the dress, pointed at Beast Boy and said, "Yo, I think you're gonna have to pay for that now…"

Beast Boy suddenly stopped cheering and stared at the ripped fabric in utter shock. "Aw MAN!"

"Actually, it'd probably be best if we left the stuff in here," Robin suggested. "That way we won't have to find where the things went. Besides, we wouldn't be stealing the stuff. Just as long as we hang them up on these hooks I think we'll be all right."

"Sounds good to me," Cyborg agreed.

Just after they were done changing out of their dresses, wiped off their make-up, and changed into whatever they were wearing before (most of them wearing an undershirt and lounging pants), they raced out of the dressing room before they had the chance of being seen.

"I wonder if our parents noticed that we were gone…" Clive said to himself.

"I'll just tell them I was following Meg," Alan commented. "I usually like to play tricks on her like that when she's doing something with her girlfriends. Like they care."

"Dude, you'd follow her to the mall in your pajama pants?" Beast Boy asked.

"Yeah, man! It's totally hilarious!"

Cyborg remembered, "My parents should be at work right now. They were probably gone even before Drain took me out of the house."

Beast Boy sighed. "Aw man! What kind of excuse could I give?"

Robin replied, "Well, you could probably say you were sleepwalking… that's probably what I'll say. I honestly don't care if they board my windows and block my door if I tell them that."

"I'll have to say that too," Jack commented. "I mean, they'll believe it, since it's actually happened before."

"You mean you've sleepwalked out of your house before?" Cyborg questioned.

"Out of a hotel, actually. I fell into the pool. It was when I was fourteen. I'll tell you about it later." A bleeping noise sounded all of a sudden. "Oh, someone's trying to text message me." He pulled his cell phone out of his pants pocket.

"Dude, you carry your cell phone in your pajamas?" Beast Boy wondered.

"Actually, I don't sleep in these. I walk around the house in them. Random people like to text message me on weekends sometimes."

Clive thought for a moment. "Wait, I thought you said that you didn't have a cell phone…"

"Yeah man, why didn't you call somebody?" Cyborg asked, slightly irritated, since they had the chance of getting out of those dresses earlier.

"You remember what Drain said. All communication devices were on the fritz. And by the time the girls found us, I didn't even bother anymore."

"Then why did you ask Sara if she had a cell phone if you already had one?" Beast Boy asked.

Robin smirked. "Jack, you don't need to answer that question. I already know the answer. He'll figure it out later." He looked around the store to find a clock, and the one he found read 10:45. "I should get going. Anyone else want to come with?"

All the boys followed Robin except for Cyborg and Jack, who stayed put for a few seconds of conversation.

Cyborg smirked. "Hey man, I didn't know that about you!" He punched Jack's fist. "But why'd you do it?"

Jack shrugged. "I don't know. She felt out of place, and she wasn't saying anything, so I figured, why not let her feel like she's helping us?" He put his hands in his pockets. "My sister's like that too. She's real quiet, but goes crazy whenever she feels important."

"Sounds like you know how to sweep a girl off her feet. And I don't mean carrying her across the hallway. Of course, Sara and Rae are two completely different people. Their only similarities are the fact that they don't seem to open up much."

"Yeah, I guess. But I've dated a few girls before, and they were all loud mouths and gossip queens. I figured I should try the whole 'dating' thing with a different perspective."

Behind them, they heard Raven and Myra talking as they were heading out of the store.

Cyborg turned around. "Hey, Rae. Did you find anything?"

Raven was holding a black tank top dress that would reach halfway past her calves, with laced long sleeves. She looked at the dress, then back at Cyborg. "No Victor. I haven't found a thing."

Myra was holding another black dress, only hers was the one that looked just like the one Clive was wearing. "Don't mind her. It's been a long morning, as you probably already know. Fortunately it didn't take me long to find a dress."

"The bitch found one for you and put it on Clive," Jack joked.

"I know. For once, she did me a favor." She smirked as she and Raven started heading out the door. "Although it'll be the only favor she will do for me, she did me a favor, and I get to rub it in her face!"

"You certainly are the evil one around here, aren't you?" Raven commented.

"Yeah right. If I were the evil one around here, I would've taken that gun from her and I would've shot her by now."

"I doubt that gun had any bullets." Raven looked back at the boys. "I'll see you later Victor."

"Bye Rae." The two girls exited the store, and Cyborg and Jack soon decided to leave.

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See? Wasn't that more exciting than your typical dress shopping episode? I had actually written this chapter before, but it wasn't finished and I had planned a completely different ending. It would have taken much, much longer to write. It was only like, two-thirds done and it was at least 20 pages on Word. This version is 18 pages and finished, including both authors' notes, so I made the better choice.

Terra was probably a bit OOC at times. But I was just poking at her character. It served a purpose. Besides, it wasn't that bad.

Ok, like I said, the technicalities from real life may not play well 100 percent, but I tried as hard as I could. I really did. I wasn't just throwing around, "what ifs" lazily like other authors do sometimes...

Review, please!

Vandagirl :D