Notes: the following story involves the best movie of the summer
Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans, Transformers, Smash Brothers, or any of the vehicles mentioned
That's not Normal
Ch. 3: More than meets the eye
Dudes, I'm telling you this'll be cool," Beast Boy said.
He was talking to his teammates Robin and Cyborg whom he dragged to see a new virtual reality game at the arcade. He kept tugging at their arms to go faster.
"Relax, BB," Cy replied, "We believe you, but there's no need to hurry."
"It'll still be there by the time we arrive," Robin added.
In about fifteen minutes they had at last arrived at the arcade. Beast Boy zoomed over to the VR console. He jumped up and down to attract attention.
"Over here, dudes!" he shouted.
"We're not blind, BB, we can see you," Cy said.
"So please stop making a scene," Robin pleaded.
The three approached the video game.
"What kind of game is it?" asked Cyborg.
"We'll just have to find out," BB replied.
"Nice how this big screen lets people who aren't playing see what you're seeing," Rob commented, "Let's do this."
The three entered and strapped themselves in. They immediately saw dozens of cars to choose from.
"Must be a racing game," BB said, "I call the Chevy Camaro!"
"I get the Pontiac Solstice!" Rob cried.
"I'm going with the Topkick pick-up truck," said Cy.
""Dude, that thing can't match our cars," BB taunted.
"Don't diss the pick-up."
Suddenly, they were all in their chosen vehicles and lined up in a row.
"The race is starting," Rob observed.
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They zoomed off. They passed through dozens of streets while avoiding CP cars.
"I'm in the lead, of course," Rob said.
"Not for long," BB replied catching up.
"I'll run both of your little cars off the track," Cy said.
After awhile of competition, a police car came up from behind them. It stayed behind them for some time before it turned on its sirens.
"Man, this is realistic," Robin said.
"I don't think he's after us," BB replied, "Otherwise he would have turned his sirens on as soon as he saw us."
"He must be going to some virtual donut shop," Cy said, "Let him through."
The Titans made a gap for the police car to pass through. As it sped by, Cy noticed something, aside from it being a Ford Mustang, different about it.
"That's not part of the program," he said.
"How do you know?" questioned BB.
"Well I was pretty tipped off by the fact that his slogan reads 'To Punish and Enslave!'
"That would do it," Rob commented, "It's got to be another player."
The three of them sped up to catch the police car. Robin and Beast Boy got on either side of it while Cyborg rammed it from behind. It zoomed out in front and turned around to get behind them.
"What's he trying to pull?" wondered Cy.
The police car then proceeded to ram into each of them from the side. They peeled out. The police car stopped and turned to face them as if taunting them.
"It's on now!" shouted Cy.
He led the charge as they made for the now in motion police car. Cy sped up until he and the police car were neck and neck. He then back away, only to smash into the police car's side and send it peeling out to the side of the road.
"So long, loser," BB said with triumph.
However as they made for the highway, the police car followed without turning on its sirens. When the Titan boys were quite a distance away, the police car floored it. It found a road that was right above where the boys were racing and sent itself hurtling into the air. As it fell it seemed to be breaking apart.
"What is this guy doing?" Cy wondered aloud.
The police car, however, wasn't breaking apart. It looked more like its parts were rearranging themselves. It shifted piece after piece until it was obvious that it transformed. Now a giant robot was right above the heroes.
"Dude, that's cool!"
"That's debatable," Rob replied.
The robot landed in the bed of Cyborg's pickup truck. It extended the tire wrists on its left arm into a mass of blades and struck BB and Rob. It then jumped off and swung its mace of an arm at cab of the pick-up, causing Cy to go screeching off the road. The robot jumped off and turned to face Cy.
"You don't stand a chance against Barricade," it said.
"Well, it's on now, Barricade!"
Cy burned rubber as Barricade changed back into a police car. The two began their chase down the highway. BB and Robin followed close behind.
"Dude, I'm going in!" BB cried.
He sped up and, with a blast of nitro, passed up Barricade. Then it was Beast Boy's turn. His Camaro transformed into a tall, yellow robot. His right hand formed a blaster and shot Barricade off the road.
"No one beats Bumblebee," BB said striking a victory pose
"Oh no?"
Barricade smacked BB with his arm of spikes and sent him flying.
"It's my turn now," Robin said.
His Pontiac became a small silver robot that wore a visor over its eyes.
"The name's Jazz," Rob said, "Bring it on!"
With an arm cannon of his own, Jazz began firing at the 'bad cop.'
Barricade avoided most of the shots and closed in on Jazz.
"You want a piece of me?" Robin/Jazz said as he stared the enemy down.
Barricade said nothing. He then opened a compartment on his chest and a small, skinny, silver robot came out. The insect looking thing sent a number of sharp blades in Robin's direction. Then it turned one of its hands into a gun and began firing.
"What the heck is this thing?" Robin questioned as he tried dodging.
"Oh, that's my partner, Frenzy," Barricade replied, "Have fun."
As the police car turned, he met with a fist in his face.
"You should watch where you're going," Cyborg said, "Because I'm Ironhide."
His truck had become a tall black robot with twin cannons, one on each arm.
"Watch this," the foe retaliated with a swing from his mace.
Cy was sent reeling back, but wasn't knocked off his feet. He then fired his cannons at the police car. Barricade dodged a few shots, but was also hit by quite a few.
"Don't forget me," Beast Boy/Bumblebee called out as he fired his weapon.
Barricade was down for the count. Robin joined his team with Frenzy in tow.
"Where were you?" asked Cy.
"I was dealing with this thing," Rob replied holding the small, crazy robot at arms length.
"Let's just finish this jerk off," BB said.
"If you were going to do that then maybe you shouldn't stand around talking."
Barricade swung his mace in a wide arc and knocked the three heroes down. Frenzy managed to free himself from Rob's grasp once they met the ground.
"This phony policeman sure is fast," BB commented.
"Take this, loser," Barricade said a he smashed Robin/Jazz.
"Destroy," Frenzy spoke up as he started to tear at Robin.
"I can't get up guys," Robin/Jazz said as he started to spark, "I'm finished."
With that, Frenzy managed to rip Jazz's head from the rest of his body.
"That's it," Cy said as he charged.
Like a football player, he rammed right into Barricade.
"Stand still, you little freak," BB said as he fired at Frenzy.
Having recovered from the last hit, Barricade locked hands with Cyborg/Ironhide. Despite Ironhide having a height advantage, he and Barricade seemed evenly matched in terms of strength. BB was still trying to hit Frenzy, when he misfired and hit Barricade in the back. This gave Cy the moment he needed to slam his fist into Barricade's chest and fire his cannon. Barricade went down once more, but he didn't get up.
"Dude," BB said, "We totally kicked his metal butt."
"Think again!"
Barricade leapt up and skewered Ironhide/Cyborg in the chest with his mace.
"Not cool," Cy said as he collapsed.
"You're going down, dude," BB/Bumblebee said.
"I beg to differ."
BB suddenly realized he couldn't move his legs. Frenzy was clicking at the fact that he disabled the larger robot and all BB could catch of his otherworld rambling was 'loser.'
"Game over," Barricade said as he brought his mace down on Bumblebee's head.
"Crud," was the word BB spoke as the game ended.
The three Titans walked out of the simulation and began to wonder.
"You know," Rob said, "I think that was too smart for a computer."
BB screamed, "You mean we made it too smart?!"
"No," Cy replied, "He means someone else must have been playing the game."
"How right you are, boys."
The trio turned to see Jinx and Raven standing there.
"You?" they exclaimed.
"Darn straight," Jinx replied, "It was pretty easy actually."
"Hey!" BB objected.
"We put up a good fight," Robin protested.
"You took some damage back there, you know," Cy added.
"It's just a game," Raven spoke up, "Get over it."
"I demand a rematch at the tower," Beast Boy said.
"I concur," Cy said.
"What do you say, Jinx?" Rob asked.
"I don't know. I should probably quit while I'm ahead."
BB turned into chicken.
"Fine, but I pick the game."
"Deal."
Later
"This game's winner is…Zelda!"
Raven – Zelda/Sheik
Jinx – Samus
Kid Flash – Sonic
Beast Boy – Pokémon Trainer
Cyborg – Captain Falcon
Robin – Fox
Starfire – Peach
After a stunning tournament, Raven emerged victorious.
"Glorious!" Star praised.
"You play this more than you say you do," Robin said.
"That was unbelievable," Cy said.
"Cool," KF said.
"I guess you showed me," Jinx said.
Raven got up to get some tea. As she did, Beast Boy stopped her.
"I never knew you had it in you, Rae."
She smirked as she replied, "Well, maybe there's more to me than meets the eye."