C.C.C.: Yeah, late, I'm sorry.
Oh – started a new story. Felt that it'd be best… It's a sequel, of sorts, in the fact that my OC may play a part, but maybe not. Who knows?
And I already think that the title is WAAAAAY too long.
Sorryz.
DISCLAIMER: No. Don't want to be PWNed by lawyers, y'know?
OUT OF THE FRYING PAN AND INTO THE FIRE:
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Robin
The winds shook the building, the power behind them leaving most speechless. The glass rattled in the large panes, the usually clear windows becoming mosaics from the constant rain.
Another wave of rain water slammed into the glass, the wind carrying it with threatening power. The entire tower seemed to quake with the power, sending vibrations throughout the entire structure.
Robin worked at the console, bringing up page after page on the internet, filing reports as he did so. Their beautiful evening had turned sour at around 1 in the morning, the storm clouds appearing ominously through the night then. Only an hour earlier had they set their whips of water upon the tower, and luckily the other Titans were fast asleep by then.
It was now around 3, and Robin continued to type away in the main room, working away at the computer. He was sending a report off, and researching criminals at the same time. Hidden in the articles and the facts could be something that he had missed, and he had to find it if so. With the storm banging on his window, chances were that he wouldn't be able to sleep any. Sometimes it was a good thing to be a light sleeper (like when you have to be in the presence of your nemesis, damn Slade to hell), whereas in situations like this such would not be true.
He slammed the enter button with his fist, furious at the hour and the seeming fruitlessness of his search. He glanced up, searching the ceiling for answers before resuming his search, unawares of the pair of eyes, or lens, that were viewing him…
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Slade
His old apprentice was typing away at work, too it seemed. The boy seemed angry, though, that was for sure. He really had seemed to want to destroy the keyboard.
Slade's lips curled into a smile behind his mask, his pride at his former and to-be apprentice seeping through the metal grating. Robin still had his periods of anger, and they linked him with Slade, no matter how hard he tried to deny it. The boy was just too much like Slade for his own wishes, it seemed. Not that Slade was angry – he was a perfect apprentice, one that would be ready to take on his empire – when it became an empire. He still hadn't given up on that whole thought of world domination.
The monitor showed Robin leaving his chair and going towards the coffee pot, no doubt fuelling a possible addiction in the making. He frowned, putting the pot back into place empty and turned and went from the main room, probably going to bed. No doubt the boy had had enough of the night.
Slade turned and began improving the robot once again, ending his routine check on the Titans. There was no way he was having his local vigilantes doing things that he wasn't aware of.
He glanced down at the robot head, pondering. Then he began to resume his upgrading; he was making it so that the robots would be more able to function in given situations, making it harder on the Titans. That was another thing that he couldn't do – allow them to win. Get soft, yes. That and tiring them out was his purpose with the amount of robots when he had first tried to capture Robin. This time he would not be as lenient, and if improving the robots would make it all the more hard on Robin's part, then so be it. After all – the little details were the bits that counted in this situation, along with the big picture.
He glanced up before inserting a complicated PCB, one that Robin probably wouldn't even understand at his current level of knowledge. Of course, that was another thing that he needed to remedy in the boy – at his current stage compared to Slade he was indeed quite ignorant in Slade's opinion. He had so much to learn.
All the more reason to get his apprentice back to him as quickly as possible.
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Starfire
She smiled as she watched the sun rise, feeling its warmth on her tanned-orange skin, the wind whisking her hair about her shoulders. She liked earth mornings, especially because she could spend them with Robin.
He was missing quite a few of the rises of sun, but that didn't matter, he was here now. They were sitting on the edge of the barrier, holding hands as they watched the sun. It made the city look so beautiful, with the buildings becoming basked in that gorgeous glow, and Starfire's skin tingled as the chilly wind and warm sun mingled. It was most certainly a good feeling.
'Robin, I wish to initiate a… good morning,' she spoke, breaking the early morning silence, and a chorus of sea gulls erupted in the distance. He looked to her, his black mask the same, but his lips curled up into a welcoming smile.
He chuckled, the sound so welcome in the morning that she smiled even wider, now showing her white teeth. 'Good morning, Star,' he said as he began to get up, holding out a hand when he had to help her up.
She took it quickly and used her powers to float back to the door with him, the same smile still plastered on her face.
It was going to be a good day.
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Titans
'DUUUUUDE!!'
'WE ARE NOT HAVING TOFU, GRASS STAIN!'
'I REFUSE TO EAT THAT, I'M A VEGETARIAN, REMEMBER?!'
'THEY'RE JUST EGGS!! VEGETARIANS EAT EGGS!!'
'VEGAN, I'M VEGAN, AND I'M NOT EATING THOSE DEAD ANIMAL BABIES!!'
'Mmmmmm,' Cyborg said as he began eating his fried eggs dangerously near Beast Boy's face, making Beast Boy gag. He fell back with a dramatic SLAM! and Raven glanced over the rim of her mug to look at him. She rolled her eyes before putting a hand out and feeling his gloved hand take it, bringing him up and back onto his stool.
'Poor animal,' a grunt, as he slammed his hand on the table still finding it hard to gain purchase on his stool for some reason, '…babies – OOMPH!' his head slammed forward, the tofu that he was about to make his breakfast taking a flying leap towards Raven's head, only to be zapped with her powers towards Beast Boy, who ducked and watched in awe as it bounced off the frying pan, oven and then flew majestically over the space between the counter to plaster itself in between Cyborg's eyes, just as he took a massive bite of egg. He coughed, choking on the egg as he scrabbled at the tofu which was then trying to make a move to eat his face (C/N: FACEHUGGER!! XO!).
He pried it off of his face and the legs of the stool gave from his weight and he fell towards the ground with a graceful lack of grace. Raven just watched from over top of her book, Beast Boy's mouth hung open in awe of the happenings that had just taken place.
'DUDE!! I'm telling you that that WAS the dead animal babies taking their revenge!!' he then began to run about the room chanting about 'Possessed Tofu' until the arrival of Starfire and Robin broke his concentration, and their questions about the event made him begin his rant once more to a cynical Robin and enraptured Starfire.
'But surely, animal infants of death would not wish to harm Cyborg? I thought that it was the custom to not fertilise eggs before collection?' Starfire's eyes begged Beast Boy for answers, whilst Robin frowned further and seemed to be conducting a logical analysis of the situation before Beast Boy had even began to think of an answer.
Before Robin could speak – 'Fine – Potential dead baby animals. But they're still reaping their revenge!!' this was followed by some 'Oooooohh!'s in which Beast Boy emphasised his movements by waving his arms around like a ghost. Starfire's eyes turned to Robin at this and he quickly shook his head and mouthed a 'No', watched Beast Boy before turning towards Cyborg, who seemed to be raiding the fridge.
'Man, no way… some tofu… getting the best of me… no way…' he was rambling on, taking out package after package. Robin walked over and bent down next to his friend, reading labels before raising his head and his eyebrows under the mask. Cyborg seemed to understand his body language as he replied, 'Man, no way am I having food that attacks me in the fridge.' He picked up all of the packages and was soon followed by a protesting Beast Boy out the door.
Soon, it all became normal again – normal for the tower. The tofu was not disposed of for the meat was threatened, and quickly Game Stations, books, computers and ovens that began spewing purple smoke were used as the Titans resumed their ways.
It was soon after Starfire was withdrawing her third dish that the ringing started.
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C.C.C.:
Well, good, bad or sad? Never know.
Rofl, and if anyone got that, I just had to put the Facehugger thing in. I think that that's what they're called. I think… Maybe hope… Aliens!! XD
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