Raven: One review. Whoopy.
Me: It's not that bad. Besides, we're not writing for reviews. Otherwise there wouldn't have even been a last chapter
Raven: Hmm. Good point. But we'd better get more reviews. Otherwise some people around here might start having to feel my wrath.
Me: Crap! Please, save me from Raven and review! Oh yeah, before I run for my life, I don't own the Teen Titans. (runs)
Last time...
"So..." Beast Boy said, having been left alone with Raven thanks to Knowledge. "You gonna finish that sentence or do I have to wait a few days for you to finish processing it?" Raven said with a small smirk. "Well, I just...I mean...are you sure you're all right?" Beast Boy was fumbling his words. Raven sighed. "Yes, Beast Boy. For the seventh time, I'm perfectly fine. I'm getting the feeling that's not all you wanted to say. Get on with it, I've got plans for the next twelve weeks."
From behind Raven's couch, Knowledge couldn't help but give an uncharacteristic snort. Luckily, neither of them heard it. "Well, I kind of wanted to talk to you about some stuff here recently. Like-" Raven put up a hand to stop him. "You mean like that little speech you just put up a couple minutes ago? Something about me thinking you're worthless and stupid? Beast Boy, you've got a lot to learn about me before you go proclaiming your love for me." Beast Boy's eyes practically covered his head in shock. Knowledge's eyes practically bulged out, and she let out a very audible gasp. "
What the HELL?!" Beast Boy's brain was too busy spinning around at dangerous speeds for his mouth to work. All that came out was "Whuh?" Raven gave a small laugh. "Does the term 'read you' ring a bell? I believe you said that to me earlier today, something about being able to read the way I felt through the way I acted, I'm an empath, Beast Boy. You think I can't do the same?" Beast Boy took a few minutes to regain brain control and laughed. "Yeah, guess I should have thought of that. So...?" Raven's face was ungiving. Finally, she spoke. "I..."
Theme song fun!
(Beast Boy)
I will obey the traffic rules.
Teen Titans!
(Robin)
I will eat everything without likes or dislikes.
Teen Titans!
(Starfire)
Earthquakes, lightning, fire Dad. Grammar, math, science social studies. There is nothing I am afraid of!
Teen Titans, GO!!!
(Cyborg)
Holla Holla
Holla
Holla
Holla
My name.
Teen Titans!
Half of your troubles will be gone!
Teen Titans!
(Raven)
Father's schedule control. Mama's weight control. Wishes are endless.
Teen Titans, Go!
(All)
One, two, three, four, five. Teen Titans!
(Beast Boy)
Goodnight, Tokyo!
Beast Boy's eyes narrowed. All of a sudden, something about Raven was bugging him. Raven just flippantly acknowledging Beast Boy's feelings without so much as a blush or surprise? Something wasn't right here... "You gonna finish that sentence?" Beast Boy gave a nervous laugh. "Well duh. Of course I love you." Beast Boy was getting unnerved. Something wasn't right here at all. Something he just couldn't place his finger on.
Knowledge, still sitting back against the couch, was having similar thoughts. Raven was not the kind of girl that would just throw an "I love you," at someone without some serious thought, enragement at Happy being childish about it, and general embarrassment. None of those was happening. Knowledge stood up and spoke. "Who are you?" she demanded. Raven's head whipped around to look at Knowledge. "I'm Raven," she said with an isn't-that-obvious look "and I'm just saying, Beast Boy needs not worry anymore. He's been walking on eggshells for weeks now, and it's time for it to stop."
As she turned back to face Beast Boy, he saw her leotard flash a dark orange, as if is was split down the side. Raven quickly pulled her cloak back up, but Beast Boy already had a pretty good idea of what was going on. He held his tongue and played along though. "Wow. It's good to finally have that off my chest. So...when we head back out, you wanna go to a movie? I mean, we'd be in one body, but hey, it'd mean we only have to buy one ticket," Beast Boy finished with a fake grin.
"I believe this would be what you call the 'bullshit'," Starfire said calmly. She, Robin and Cyborg had retreated to the tower to come up with a game plan. Again, the boy wonder and robotic teen stared at her. Finally, Cyborg spoke up. "Starfire, quit letting Beast Boy teach you Earth slang. That word is considered really impolite, although I agree wholeheartedly," Cyborg muttered the last part, earning a small chuckle from Robin.
Starfire gasped. "I am terribly sorry! I did not mean to be rude. I simply..." "It's OK Star. You're with us. Just don't go shouting it out in public," Robin finished with a smile. His smile lasted about three seconds, then dissolved into a frown. "This doesn't make sense. Malchoir had to have Raven to get out the first time. Raven sealed him back in, so he should have needed her to get out again. But those two are still sorting things out in her head. So how?"
"Oh man..." Cyborg groaned. Starfire looked alarmed. "What is the matter? Have you fallen ill? Shall I collect some of my Gagnarb herbs?" Cyborg shook his head and explained. "Well, Raven let him loose the first time, right? I'm guessing she had some magic or something unique to her Or maybe just unique to her kind.. Otherwise, anyone else could have done it - Raven told me later that all she had to do was add a spell into the potions and powders she'd made. Following that logic, he'd need her powers to get out again, right?" "Right," Robin shook his head "but where are you going with this?
Cyborg hung his head. "She's not the only one that had those powers, Robin. And you know what I'm talking about, whether you like it or not." Robin's eyes widened, while Starfire just looked confused., then gasped as it dawned on her. "No!" She cried.
Robin shook his head, was silent for a minute, and finally spoke. "Cyborg, Trigon was locked into another dimension. I trust Raven's magic. There's no way he got loose. The only possible way I could see that happening is if she lost her powers, or if they got messed wit..." Robin trailed off, closing his eyes shut tight.
"Robin, might you finish please? I would very much like to hear your thought," Starfire asked tenderly, as if Robin might explode. She was right. "GOD DAMNIT! Her powers...they were messed with. When they got fused! Her powers must have reset! In which case, Malchoir is a warning," Robin finished, hanging his head.
Beast Boy had had enough. They were on the way out back to the Forbidden Door, but Raven just kept acting stranger. It started out with her grabbing Beast Boy by the shirt and Frenching him in the library. Then she had promised him some action when they got back to their original bodies. Now she was being about as suggestive as suggestive gets.
"Alright, hold it." Raven stopped her ass-shake tease and turned around. They were still in the hallway between Rude and Knowledge's area. "This ends now. I don't know how the hell you got in here, but I know you aren't Raven. And I'm pretty sure that I know who got you in here. I want to know who you are and what Slade wants in here!"
Raven gave a rueful smile. "Very good. I'm quite surprised actually. I thought you might simply enjoy the sudden change in Raven and leave, but apparently you've grow some slight brains since Slade saw you last," she said, throwing away the blue cloak. Underneath it, her leotard was not Raven's usual jet-black. It was split vertically, on one side a deep orange and on the other straight black.
"My name is Irrelevant," she said. Beast Boy failed to understand that Irrelevant actually was her name. She continued, "I am here on my master's orders to seek and destroy you and every single one of this pathetic half-demon's emotions. I had planned on forcing you back in here after I had taken everyone else. Would have been much easier than you running around trying to defend them. Oh well, life gives you limes and you make roadkill out of them I guess," she said with an ironic laugh.
Without warning she launched herself at him, fist cocked. Beast Boy reacted quickly, and Irrelevant found herself on a crash course with a triceratops horn. "Ahh!" she cried, pulling out a bo staff similar to Slade's and using it to vault over Beast Boy's horns.
At the peak of her launch, she launched a set of smoke grenades at the green changeling. He had already gone falcon at that point, however, and was now attempting to grab her with his talons.
"Eat my boot," Irrelevant threw a kick at him. It connected dead-on to his beak, and Beast Boy crashed down to the ground.
Quickly getting to his feet, he rushed her as a tiger. As soon as he got close, he launched with his claws up. However, the Slade-clad clone simply waited and grabbed Beast Boy by his front arms, swinging him around like a shot-put. Realizing that he wasn't getting anywhere with brute force, he morphed a humpback whale to break her grip, then went skunk. "Oh, crap," Irrelevant backed away quickly and grabbed her staff. He launched at her, spraying. "AUGGGH!!"
A scream of agony let Beast Boy know that he had nailed a skunk-spray bulls-eye. He grabbed her roughly by the shoulders and stood her back up as she screamed, trying to get the spray our of her eyes. "No one imitates MY Raven and disgraces her like that. Wait, MY Raven? I really need to talk about this with the real Raven..." He went gorilla, yanked her straight up by the hair and threw a haymaker straight at Irrelevant's face. She was knocked out before she even had time to yelp. "I gotta warn the others before she wakes up. I gotta go-" He took about three steps back towards the library before he bumped into Brave. "We got this, Beast Boy. There's shit going on topside that you need to get back to. Go!" She pushed him back towards the Forbidden Door. "Where's the real Raven?" Beast Boy questioned, waiting for the answer he was dreading. "We don't know. We'll find out later. Just GO!" Brave pushed him again. This time, he went.
Exiting the Forbidden Door, Beast Boy found himself back in the Fusion body. He wondered where the others were, since Brave had said something was going down. "The common room would probably be a good start," Beast Boy reasoned. He made his way down from Raven's room.
Opening the common room doors, he was treated to a very depressing sight. Starfire was leaning up against one of the walls with a hopeless expression on her face. Robin was sitting on the couch, looking furious, and Cyborg was plugged in to the Titan's Tower information databanks. "Uhm...what's going on? You all look like you just got sentenced to twenty years of cleaning septic tanks or something," Beast Boy said with a weak laugh. The next two words he heard made his heart freeze. "Trigon's back."