Hey! Sorry it took so long to update, my computer has been randomly shutting down and restarting and I also decided to do that other fanfic so these might take a while to come up with. Anyways, here ya go!
Chapter 6
"So It's All Her Fault?"
"Starfire . . . what did you just say?" Robin stuttered.
Everyone was still staring at her, it made Starfire confused. "Please friends, am I being the 'far off'?"
"N-No Starfire, but what did you mean by they might be looking for the shape-shifter?" Robin asked again.
Starfire perked up a little, glad she wasn't saying something stupid or anything like that. "I mean precisely what I have said, friends. If friend Raven's theory is correct, then I should say that it is very likely that these mysterious Earthlings are looking for the shifter of shapes as well."
Everyone still stared at her for a few moments before it clicked in everyone's brains what she was saying. "So, if the shape-shifter is the reason why those people are here . . ." Cyborg began.
"And she's the reason we're all here because of the havoc she's causing . . ." Beast Boy continued.
"Then this is all her fault." Raven finished. "That's just great, now every time something goes wrong we have someone to get pissed at."
Her leg bounced up and down again repeatedly on the floor as she waited. "So, why did you ask me to camouflage you?"
"So that they wouldn't recognize me." He replied, not turning away from his typing. "I thought you would have figured that out on your own."
"I did, I just wanted to make sure." She said.
He paused and turned his head slightly to face her, "They are all probably trying to find you right now."
She shook her head, "I doubt it. They are probably thinking this is all my fault and are thinking that they can trust the others now."
"Exactly. So then it shall be your job to destroy that thought." He stopped and turned his head again, looking her dead in the eye, "Understand?"
She smiled and nodded, standing up and stretching. "Perfectly." She let one leg go very far out and let her hands reach her ankle easily. "Would you like me to go now?"
"No." He responded, turning to face her fully and sitting down in his chair. "Right now I would like the information you've discovered about the Titans."
She bowed slightly before standing up straight again. "Very well, who or what subject would you like me to start with?"
"I would like to know about the relationship between Beast Boy and Raven." He responded.
She giggled a little, "You mean the diseased freak and the witch?" She mocked, placing her hand in front of her mouth slightly to try and hide just a little bit of her laughter. When she was finished she crossed her arms and began once more. "They like each other more then they think or ever even intended to. The witch is rude and mean to the diseased one, but not completely heartless. And he has more heart for her then either of them would like, but she also seems to appreciate the bond between them just as well." She paused, smirking a little. "Master, are you going to do what I think you are to these two?"
"I am not sure what you are talking about, apprentice. Please, share your thoughts." He asked.
She shook her head. "Forgive me, I have distracted you. Is there anything else you would like to know?"
"Yes," He replied. "What about Starfire?"
"The alien?" She repeated. "What subject?"
"Destroying Robin."
She bit her lip. "In my personal opinion that can be backed up by facts, that would not be the best idea."
"Why not?"
"The alien is very much in love with Robin. If Robin was to be destroyed, she would stop at nothing to kill you and I."
"Then how would one make it so she was no longer a problem?"
"That is nearly impossible."
"Nearly?"
"Yes, nearly."
"Explain."
"The alien is in love with Robin, so she would not have the ability to fight him." She paused, waiting to see if he wanted to ask a question. He nodded, telling her to continue on. "So if he were to join us -whether it be voluntary or not- she would surely follow."
He stroked his chin, thinking. "Robin was once an apprentice, you know that." She nodded hesitantly. He almost laughed at the thought of how she was probably racking through her mind to try and remember that. "And he escaped, so how would we succeed this time?"
She giggled again. "I've learned a new trick, Master."
He leaned forward a little in his chair, "Really?"
She nodded, smiling. "Mm-hm."
"Show me."
She frowned, "I'd need a person to try it on."
"Well what were you practicing on?"
"A spider."
"What happened to the spider?"
She smiled so horrifically it almost made him laugh again. What had this girl been through to make her accept being evil so easily? "It followed orders."
It began to irritate him at how she was stretching this out. "Explain."
She laughed. "It drowned itself in a puddle."
He nodded, "Very well. No problems there then. And what of Cyborg?"
"We should do the same with him. The diseased one is very good friends with that one it seems. Maybe not enough to get him to join us, but surely enough to douse any chance of a rebellion."
"And Raven?"
She frowned. "I suppose we should keep her away from the diseased one. Apart they are nothing, but together they give each other a support they haven't noticed yet."
"Very well, we shall keep them apart." He stood and began to walk out of the room before he paused and turned back to her. "You may go play with the Titans now."
She grinned and nodded, "Okay!" She turned and darted out of the room, "Let me grab my weapon and then I'll go, Master!"
He watched her disappear before shaking his head and enjoying the quiet for the moment. Stupid girl, he thought. So eager to destroy her own friends. . .
Beast Boy was a wolf currently, it was still freezing and he supposedly found it more comfortable as an animal. "You know, I like you better like that." Raven said, talking to Beast Boy's current form. He turned his head slightly, asking the silent 'Huh?' She smirked. "You talk less." He growled a little, but didn't do anything else.
"Starfire, get down!" Robin shouted suddenly.
Everyone turned and watched Starfire duck as a shiny object zoomed right over her head. It went up in the air and then back around to where it originally came from like a boomerang. They all had to duck again and watched it seem to go to nowhere when a pale hand snatched out and caught it, coming out from behind a small ice mountain. "Very nicely done Robin." A female voice said. She came out fully and placed the object showed itself to be silver and crescent shaped. "I thought you would have taken the hit for her, but it seems I was wrong. You aren't that heroic I guess."
"Who is this girl and why does she insult Robin so rudely?" Starfire demanded, looking at the rest of the Titans for answers. Beast Boy morphed back into a human and stood up, watching the girl with a hesitant expression.
The girl had no mask on. She was pale and wore a white dress that was ruggedly cut at the thigh and had thin straps with a square neckline. She had white hair and silver eyes and pink lips. Over all she was very pretty but had a very neutral expression on her face. "I don't really want to tell you my name."
Cyborg gave her a funny look, "O. . .kay?"
"Well, after all," She let her crescent shaped weapon scrape along the edge of the ice, leaving a white messy line. "I wear 'disguises' a lot." This silenced them all. "So you wouldn't recognize me anyway."
They didn't say anything. "Well?" She persisted, "What are you going to call me?"
"What's your name?" Beast Boy questioned back.
Her eyes blinked a few times before she smirked. "Why should I tell you?"
"What?" Cyborg asked.
She shook her hair out, "You can call me Lucinda." She spun her crescent shaped weapon and took a step away from it, still smiling. To the Titans surprise, it still continued spinning and soon began to pull into something different, morphing right in front of them. "I like to make my weapons like me." She giggled, holding one hand above her head. "Deadly."
The object stopped spinning to reveal itself to be two separate weapons entirely. They flew into her hands and she watched them all tense. "Titans!" Robin shouted, "Go!"
Raven flipped her hands out towards Lucinda, "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" A black circle began forming on the ground around Lucinda, spiking up so that it turned into a capsule. Lucinda didn't even make a move to free herself as it formed, but once it was up, she grinned.
She held her hands out to the sides with her weapons in them, stabbing at her prison. It shattered upon impact like glass. "Try again, witch!"
"Don't call her that!" Beast Boy growled. A green wolf replaced his figure and he lunged at her. She turned her body side, dodging his barred teeth and claws.
"Missed-!" Before she could finish, Beast Boy turned into a crocodile and back-slapped her in the side with his tail. She hit the ground on her side and skid a little bit before rolling onto her back and looking up. Beast Boy landed on her as a tiger and growled at her, "Get off of me!" She pulled her legs into her stomach and kicked Beast Boy right in the stomach, launching him off of her. She jumped up and moved just in time as a blue flash barely missed her back.
She stood still and watched from over her shoulder as Cyborg reloaded his cannon, getting ready to fire again. The moment he fired she placed one of sharp weapons in front of the beam and spun it, reflecting it back at Cyborg. Cyborg's eyes widened, he barely had time to duck. She placed her hand in front of her mouth again, giggling. She gasped and moved again as a rod slammed down where she had been.
She looked over her shoulder too quick for Robin to see and then stood facing him squarely. "Come on Robin, can't you hit a girl?" She mocked, silently timing it in her head.
Robin glared at her and pulled out three disks, wondering if he could throw it before she moved. The count down in her head hit '3, 2, 1-' "Too slow!" She shouted before leaping away just as Starfire past where she had been. Lucinda had noticed, but Robin hadn't. Starfire stopped as soon as she reached Robin and flew up behind him, glaring down at the girl with green eyes. She took a deep breath, assessing how much damage she could take before she needed to call the back-up to end it.
Lucinda was thinking so much she didn't even notice she wasn't standing straight or breathing regularly. "What's the matter?" Cyborg called, cannon pointed straight at her. "Getting tired already?
She held up her weapons at her side, standing up straight again. "Not really, I can go for a while more." She held one crystal pointed at him, "Can you?"
"I guess we'll have to find out," He challenged back.
"I don't think you'll have the time, Titans."
Raven watched Lucinda stiffen a little and stood up straight again, her weapons disappearing in her hands. Her hands were shaking ever so slightly. Another shadow appeared from behind her, stepping out with his hands folded in his lap. "Lucinda, what have you been doing?" He demanded.
"Nothing you can prove," She responded, seeming to have gotten her spine back. Her hands had stopped shaking and she seemed much more comfortable. "I was just doing as the Master said."
"Fine. But come on, we have to get back." The boy said, he wore a suit much like Lucinda's except it was black and he had a mask on that only showed his eyes.
"Okay then," Lucinda turned with him and began walking back the way they came when a black wall appeared before them.
Raven placed her hand back on her hip and watched them with disbelief. "Do you really think we're going to just let you two leave? We saw both of you fighting the shape-shifter. Why?"
Lucinda and the boy shared a look before both threw back their heads and laughed. "You idiot, she's our friend!" She howled, not even bothering to at least try to contain her laughter.
Robin's eyebrow raised, "But . . . you were both fighting some other girl. How-?"
"There's four of us, our Master had us to scenario training, but you got in the way." The boy answered, giving them dirty looks. "Typical good-guys, always to annoying."
"So your . . . bad guys?" Beast Boy re-capped.
Lucinda continued her laugh, the boy joined in. "Very good diseased-one! You catch on quick."
Beast Boy barred his teeth, "What did you just call me?"
"Ooh, I think it's getting mad." The boy said.
"Oh well, lets go. This isn't fun anymore," Lucinda waved her hand and opened up a portal.
The boy began to mutter something to the girl Robin was sure was intended for them to hear, "A with, an alien, a metal-abomination, a side-kick, and a diseased animal. A real wonder-team."
Lucinda laughed and they both entered the portal, "Titans, follow-!"
The portal disappeared along with the two, stunning the Titans.
Beast Boy crossed his arms, "Is it me, or do those two remind you of Gizmo and the old Jinx?"
The rest of the Titans mumbled their agreement.
I AM SO SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING IN SO LONG! SO MANY VACATIONS, NOT ENOUGH TIME! BUT ITS HERE NOW RIGHT?