Teen Titans – Video Games Are Fun!
16. Chapter 15: Gramma Hatchet
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More Ages
Bumblebee – Age: 21: Now 5'9", Bee has filled out a bunch and has added a few new gadgets to her bee costume. Other than that and her bigger froe, she's basically the same old Bee.
Jynx: Age: 18: Jynx is now 5'7" and has finally decided to lose the weird Bride of Pink Frankenstein hairdo. It's now allowed to hang freely down her back. She has also filled out but has kept her old uniform.
Cole: Age: 16: Cole has grown to 5'2" but has otherwise not changed much. That can happen when you live underground.
Wildebeest: Age: 21: Due to the fact that height is a little hard to measure on somebody who stands on all fours, I'm gonna forget that part. He's grown much longer but looks otherwise the same.
A/N: Yes, that was necessary! I figure, I'm introducing some more characters into the story and should tell you about them. And no, Cyborg's not gonna have any particularly dramatic hookup in this story. There's actually a good chance of Jynx and Bee killing him for double-timing them for… eachother! Cy's a pimp and should be punished for it!
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Terra's POV / Flashback to Her Chat with BB
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"Terra… thank you… for understanding…" I was about to say something, but he broke the connection before I could.
Yeah… I understand…
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Starfire's POV / Events of BB & Raven's Day Off
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This was one of those moments where I understood what friend Raven means by "Silence is a virtue". There are perks… I believe that is the word… to being a silent bystander. When hardly noticed, you must never worry about those speaking sensoring their words.
"So, what's up?" Robin asked Cyborg, referring to the video recording of Terra's first night back.
"All clear" was Cyborg's response. "All that really happened was a chat with BB."
"So… nothing happened. She didn't even act weird at any point?"
"Nope, not at all… well… maybe a little depressed, but that's all."
Suddenly, the alarm went off and Robin ran over to the screen of danger. "Titans! Trouble!" Everybody seemed to enter the room at once. Terra ran in from the common room, probably putting the video game on pause. She had started on it first thing in the morning. She had woken up almost as early as friend Raven has been known to. But, all of the reserve Titans also ran in and the room was far less comfortable than usual… especially with Wildebeest. His scent is even stranger than that of friend Beast Boy.
"What's the problem?" Bumblebee asked in an urgent sounding voice.
"Bank robbery! Titans, go!" With that, Robin and the reserves exited the room and began their trip to kick the butt of the villain!
"So… " I heard Terra begin, most likely attempting to get a little attention. Little does she know that I shall be keeping both of my eyes glued to her in the way of the Earth Sticky Hawk! "Should I get back to the… game… wow that sounds weird."
I finally made my presence known by being the one to reply. Attempting an imitation of my normal attitude, I smiled at her. "Yes. You should return to your part of the solution to our current problem. We need you to memorize the entirety of the video game as to pass the information onto friends Beast Boy and Raven."
I suddenly felt shy as I felt them stare in my direction. Maybe I should not have said so much?
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Robin's POV
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We arrived at the bank in no more time than it usually takes. But, when we arrived, it was to stare in complete bemusement. The bank was nearly leveled but there were no robbers to speak of. All we could see was a little old lady standing, smiling confusedly in the center of the carnage.
I ran over to the woman to ask her if she was alright and if she had seen anything. "Are you alright? Did you see anything?" Maybe I am a bit blunt… but I think it's necessary.
"Oh, thank you for your concern sonny, but I'm perfectly fine" replied the woman in an extremely shaky voice. "And as for seeing anything, I wouldn't know what you are referring to."
Slightly confused, I elaborated further. "This bank was just attacked. Did you see where the attacker went?"
"Why, yes I did, sonny." I waited for a reply. But, when none came, I began to tap my foot impatiently. "Oh, yes. The 'attacker' as you so ludely put it, is right here… and she's going to kill all of you."
At first, I just stared at her, but quickly jumped away when she swung a hatchet at my head. "What the hell was that?"
"Language sonny" was my only reply, in the same wavery tone as everything else she had said up to this point. She performed a perfect back flip, then leapt forward again to deliver another strike, this one aimed for my abdomen. I dodged again, returning to my position in the center and slightly ahead of my team.
"Who do you think you are?" I heard Jynx yell in an obviously annoyed voice.
"Well, my grandkids call me Gramma Hatchet… " was her no less wavery reply. Then, she leapt at us ready to cut us down. Good luck!
"Titans, go!" and with my war cry, we were off.
Jynx shot her hexbolts at Gramma Hatchet, while Bee shot lightning bolts from her hands. Looks like she got a new weapon. To add to the assault, I started hurling explosive disks at the old hag, knowing full well that all of our attacks were just a big fancy distraction for the real assault.
For what seemed like forever, the three of us threw everything we had at Gramma Hatchet as she just leapt and dodged all of our attacks. We were just beginning to tire out when something collided with the back of Gramma Hatchet's head. It successfully knocked her to the ground, but just as quickly, she was back up. But, she was struck again, and again, and again, over and over, until she just didn't get up again. Then, she got really quiet…
When the smoke cleared, we could finally see what it had been that had finally taken the old hag down for good. What we saw was an obviously proud Wildebeest holding up a smiling Cole in crystal form like a baseball bat.
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Starfire's POV
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"Are you in need of any nourishment, friend Terra?" I asked, thankfully not needing to put too much effort into calling her "friend".
"… no… thanks. But, thanks for asking?" she replied, obviously uncomfortable. "Star?"
"Yes?"
"You're here to keep watch over me, aren't you?" I was mortified. How had she found out so quickly. I had even specifically said, and I quote, "Friend Terra, I just wish for you to know that I am NOT here to keep watch over you as to make certain that you do not betray us again." How could she have seen through my false statement?
"Of course not, friend Terra!"
"Yes you are… and I don't blame you, but I'd appreciate it if you didn't sink down to my level and lie to me. I'm not gonna do anything other than play this game…" she said all of this in one breath and only continued, her voice growing with annoyance. "… which would be a whole hell of a lot easier if Raven haden't nearly destroyed the game with her stupid powers, and none of you can get mad at me for saying that, 'cause she hates them more than all the rest of us combined!"
All I could do was stare. But finally, I decided upon my next course of action. "Would you like to try one of my Tameranian delicacies?"
"Let me guess, glorghe with shplorge? Fluegal morgle with a side of lorjiflee?"
I was slightly saddened by the blunt way that she declined my offer, but I pressed on anyways. "No, I was referring to the Tameranian delicacy eaten by the highest members of the royal family; crackers with cheese."
I became confused as Terra stared at me with an obviously shocked expression upon her face.
A/N: Okay, I think I've covered the events of that day well enough. So, I'm gonna give you one last glimpse of the team, that night, before moving on to Raven and Gar.
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Terra's POV
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I had finally finished the game up to just past the Fire Temple, and decided to hit the sack, but I remembered that I had to inform BB and Rae of everything that would be happening in the temple, so I pulled out my communicator.
But, I stopped. The others were returning from a long day of crime fighting. But, I found myself staring at a particular one as they entered. He looked so proud and powerful… so sexy… oh god! First, I had the hots for a green dude… who could turn into animals… and now… someone who IS an animal. I've got the hots for an animal. I'm a bad person…
Then, Wildebeest and I had hours and hours of hot animal sex, which the author is not going to detail… unless you ask nicely! Hmmm… I wonder if anybody's actually gonna ask… ooh! That was good!
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Raven's POV
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"Spiders?" I shouted as loud as I could. "Why does it have to be SPIDERS?"
I proceeded to shoot a fireball at the giant red spider and smiled sadistically as I watched it burn. When it was finally gone, I turned to face… Gar. He didn't say anything. He just stared at me, a little scared by what I could tell from his expression.
"What?" I asked irritably. "I hate spiders." And with that, I turned and continued up the trail.
I was glad to find that the entire trail was moving upward at a generally low slope, so climbing was pretty easy except for in one or two places. But, even then, all we had to do was walk at a slight angle, and we were fine. And yet, Garfield somehow found a way to trip in at least four locations. I was fully prepared to pick him up and throw him the rest of the way, when we had reached… something…
Whatever it was, it was very much out of place in its natural mountainous surroundings. It looked like a gigantic, elaborate ceremonial doorway. Shrugging dismissively, I grabbed Garfield(that's what I shall call him when I'm annoyed from this point forth) by the ankle and attempted to see how far I could throw him through the doorway. I was granted a rather satisfying shriek of terror, grunt of pain, and smacking sound of collision with a rock wall. It was wondrous… I gotta stop saying that…
But, with all good things in this world, there comes something bad to even out the score. I entered the cave, finding the inside to be an elaborately designed cavern that could actually be referred to as a city without having to stretch the imagination all that much… except for the lack of… anybody!
Then, it hit me. It was round, yet not perfectly spherical, a kind of brownish color, and very, very hard. It was a rather painful greeting to say the least… but… I guess I had it coming…
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BB's POV
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I stood up slowly, in quite a bit of pain from Raven's seemingly random attack. Then, I remembered. We've been together for quite some time now and she hasn't hurt me since the day before yesterday, duh!
Then, I couldn't help but smile a bit as she was struck from the side by a rolling… ball of shit? Oh yeah, it's a Goron! I ran over to her and helped her up as best I could, but her entire sense of balance had apparently been screwed up.
"What… the hell… was that… thing?" she asked, panting slightly.
"It's called a Goron by most, but a ball of shit by myself personally" I responded in my best informational tone. She glared at me for that one and I just chuckled in response.
"What's it doing?"
"Why, it's currently rolling" I responded, having too much fun messing with her to stop any time soon. It's just a good thing that I have such a high tolerance for pain.
"Don't make me send you into another dimension" she said in her most threatening voice.
"But my dear Raven" I began, continuing my mocking. "You already have."
"I will hurt you!"
"I will hurt you!" and now I was micking her.
"Are you copying me?"
"Are you-" and this time, it was me…
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Raven's POV
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He stood up slowly and I couldn't help but stare down at him with my eyebrow raised.
"What happened?" Gar asked, rubbing the spot where he was hit.
I couldn't help what came out. "You got hit by a ball of shit."
"Damn!" he shouted, still rubbing the area.
"Hurts, doesn't it?" I asked sarcastically.
"Not really" he responded, making me raise my eyebrow even more. "You're just really sexy when you do that eyebrow thing."
I just stood there in a state of complete shock. When I tried to speak, all that came out was "Uh… bluh."
We just stood and stared at eachother. I was definitely confused. That was certain. But, what else was there? I was… flattered? Where'd that come from?
Suddenly, he grabbed me and pulled me into his chest as he leaned close to the wall. I would've stumbled by the sudden movement, but he held me tight.
"Wh-what was that for?" I asked, finally remembering my voice.
"It was coming around again."
It was at this point that I finally came back to my senses. I pushed myself away from him roughly and stood in the middle of the ledge.
"What are you doing?" asked Gar, both confused and disappointed.
"I'm stopping the ball of shit" I replied as I turned to face the oncoming… thing… "Azarath Metrion Zynthos!" I called out in a slightly loud voice in hopes of a little more power. I sent out a burst of my magic and used it to encase the ball.
With it now within my powers, I could tell that it was a sentient being. That meant that it was intelligent… to a degree, and that I would be able to reason with it to stop the damned thing.
"What's wrong?" I asked it through my telepathy.
"Leave me alone!" it responded, sounding both pissed and terrified out of its wits.
"It's okay. We don't want to hurt you" I tried to assure. "Just, please stop… so we can talk."
"How do I know that I can trust you?"
"I guess you really don't, but we are here to help."
It seemed to understand as it stopped struggling against my power, allowing me to release it.
"Dude!" Gar shouted at the top of his lungs. "What did you do?"
"Telepathy" was all I said as I approached the flustered… person?
"Who are you?" it asked when we reached him.
"My name is Raven, and this is Be-Gar" I said in a soothing voice, then decided to get to the point. "What happened here?" I asked, gesturing to the entirety of the cave of which we were currently the only inhabitants. "Where is everybody?"
He began to shake uncontrollably at that. "Th-they w-w-w-w-w-w-were t-taken by Volvagia i-i-i-int-t-to the c-cave" he replied, stuttering just as uncontrollably as his shaking.
Adopting an attitude that I hardly show, I sat down on the dirt next to the terrified… thing and gestured for him to do the same. He did and I began to speak again. "Don't worry about them. They're our problem now." He just tensed up more. Not the best choice of words, I guess. "What I mean is… we're going to save everybody. I promise you. We just need to know what exactly happened and where we need to go to help."
He seemed to take a deep breath at that. I actually felt sorry for the little thing. He couldn't've been more than seven years old! "Th-they were taken by Ganondorf's men to the Fire Temple."
Ganondorf? Who the hell's that? "Oops… " I heard Gar say off in the distance. "I forgot to tell you about him, didn't I?"
I just dismissed this little problem with a wave of my hand and a simple "I probably never asked." And with that, I told the kid to continue.
"They were taken to the Fire Temple, where they're gonna be fed to the dragon, Volvagia" he said, finally seeming to calm down. "If you're gonna enter the temple, you're gonna need some Fire Tunics." I didn't know what he was talking about, so I just nodded in blind agreement.
He suddenly stood back up and ran around a corner. Slightly surprised, I just sat and waited for him to return. When he did, he was carrying two neatly folded red… tunics. He apparently meant what he said. I took one from him and Gar did the same.
With our new clothing, we were on our way… or would be, if we knew where to go! "Uh… where do we go to get to this temple?"
"Oh, follow me! You can get to it through… my dad's room… " So, we followed him. Eventually, we reached a large, elaborately decorated room. "I'll leave you two alone so you can change. Just move that statue and you'll be able to take it from there… if you're good enough."
With that, he turned to leave, but I just had one question for him. "What's your name?"
"Oh, my father named me after the guy who saved our people seven years ago… and who should be here now… Link… "
I was surprised to say the least. How much had that Link kid done when he was just ten? How much are we gonna have to go through to finish his job? This is gonna be a loooooooong trip…
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BB's POV
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When we had finally changed, moving the statue was no obstacle. This was mainly due to the fact that Raven moved it with her powers… although it did seem to be slightly difficult on her.
"Are you okay?" I asked when I noticed how winded she was from the small use of power.
"I'm fine" was all she said.
"No you're not" I said, deciding to force it out of her if it was the last thing I did.
"Drop it."
"Not in this lifetime."
"I can arrange that."
"Just Tell me!" I nearly shouted, grabbing her arm and turning her to face me.
"Don't touch me!" she shouted, knocking me back with a tentacle of her powers, which she quickly withdrew, pulling her hood up for the first time since the leaving the Temple of Time. "I'm sorry. Just drop it so we can get this over with."
Finally, I gave up. With a defeated nod, I followed her through the newly opened passage.
Okay, it's hot. I thought that the "Fire" Tunic was meant to block out the heat. Oh, right. It just makes it survivable. This should be fun…
"Hookshot…" I muttered out loud when I saw the broken bridge before us. Raven nodded but refused to even look at me.
I held out the hookshot, cocked it(I think that term fits), and let it loose. It latched onto the other side of the bridge and I was pulled over. I turned back to Raven and waved her over. She silently flew over. I can't be certain. My vision was slightly blurred by sweat at the time, but I could swear that I saw Raven falter slightly on the way across. What's up with her, today?
Then, I heard it… a third pair of footsteps. I went out on a limb… or in this case, broken bridge and made a wild guess as to who it would be. "Hi, Sheik."
"I see that those ears are not just for comic relief" he replied with the slightest hint of a laugh in his tone.
"It's too hot for witty banter. Just get on with the song" Raven said in her all-too-well-known monotone. Damn! She'd just about dropped it altogether, and now here it is, back in full force!
"Too true" was Sheik's reply as he pulled his harp from that alternate dimension existing just behind him at all times. "It is something that grows over time… a true friendship." Oh, great. Not again…
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Raven's POV
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"A feeling in the heart that grows stronger over time… the passion of friendship will soon blossom into a righteous power, and through it, you will know which way to go…"
Oh… god… here we go again…
Flashback
"Friend Raven?"
I opened one eye, not at all in the mood to bother with the possibly bipolar alien. "No, I do not wish to go to the mall."
"No, friend Raven. I was just wondering… if you would allow me to meditate with you?"
I was a bit surprised, which is as to be expected. Starfire wants to meditate? Starfire wants to perform the ultimate in quiet activities!
I suddenly realized the reason for everything that she had been doing the previous day. She wasn't bored… well… maybe she was, but she was just trying to spend some time with me. She… perky little Starfire… wanted to spend time with… dark glommy… me? Now, my surprised was completely gone as I felt touched… not something I usually use as a positive thing… but… whatever. I couldn't possibly turn her down… I guess… I really need the friends… and there could be worse friends…
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"This song is dedicated to the power of the heart" Sheik continued, apparently not noticing the glazed over expression that most likely adorned my face for… who knows how long. "Listen well to the Bolero of Fire…" And, he began.
This song, unlike the others was fast paced but even more repetitive than any of the others. Because of this, I was once again to play a faggy little duet with the creepy person of the womanish figure.
"Raven… Garfield…" I let out a little snort at that. "I shall see you soon…"
Suddenly extremely curious about the strange man's identity, I stepped forward to stop him for some kind of clue… but a wall of flame blocked my way… and that phrase "Fight fire with fire" doesn't work in its literal sense.
And suddenly, we were alone upon the bridge once more… "Why does he have to be so… creepy?" I asked in a slightly agitated voice, yet still maintaining my monotone. Just a little further and I can just let it all out… who would've thought that even fire was less destructive than my normal powers.
"What did you just say?" I heard Beast Boy ask as he chased after me. But, I did not slow down. I had to reach that temple… and hope that it had the same barrier as the last… oh god! I never thought of that! What if my powers continue to be free? Even inside!
A/N: Okay, freakishly long chapter… with a freakishly long author's note to follow it up!
Okay, first things first, I'm soooooooo sorry for taking so long to update. I couldn't get online until… ummm… right now! I only hope that the freakishly long chapter, which I personally enjoyed for once, will make up for the wait! On a further note, most of the upcoming chapters will be of the extended length. I've figured exactly how many chapters I've got to finish this fic. There will be 15 more chaps and an epilogue. I'm going to meet this goal, no matter what! But, don't get me wrong! I've only planned this out in the broadest way possible! I still have no idea what I'm doing!
Secondly, I might take more than two days to update the next chapter. I've decided to start a new game in Zelda; OoT and won't be adding in the chapter about the Fire Temple until I reach and beat the temple in the game. But, the chapter will be even longer than this one was, so be prepared and take it as an apology for all the inconveniences!
Lastly, I shall discuss the situation with Terra and Wildebeest. The last thing she said was true. The lemon will not be appearing in the story because some… most people aren't into that kind of thing. So, I will send the… lemon to anybody who requests it in a review or otherwise. I just wanna warn anybody who asks for it under the misconception that it's some kind of joke. IT'S NOT! There will be some joking comments here and there, but for the most part, it's gonna be written as if it's completely normal to write about flat-chested blondes fucking big… animal… thingies! So, don't ask for it unless you're one sick bastard… like me!
Signed
The Cheese!