Here's the next chapter. If you guys see any holes in the plot or glaring mistakes please tell me and I will revise! I don't own Teen Titans.
Raven was escorted back to her room by Ms. Fantoccini, whom she had been introduced to before the meeting. The Spindress left her by the door, her face showing a distant pity.
"I've been where you are now," the monster said roughly. "It's a hard place to be, but it gets . . . bearable. Trust me."
Raven just nodded, keeping her face straight.
"Alright, the shower is in through there," she said, pointing to a door that wasn't there the last time they were in this room. "Everything you'll need is in there, and I'll bring you your new clothes when they're ready. Don't try and keep your old stuff, or I'm going to have to take it by force," there was a pause where she debated what she had said then she sighed. "Look . . . if you . . . need anything . . . I guess what I'm trying to say - well . . . I'm here, okay?"
Raven stared at the floor, but jerked her head up and down, accepting the offer for help. The Spindress just sighed and left, locking the door behind her.
The empath padded into the bathroom and looked around. She selected the closest shampoo and conditioner off the counter, and put them in the bathtub with a washcloth and bar of soap, then turned the hot water knob, filling the tub as high as it would go. She slipped numbly out of her uniform, dropped it by the door, and stepped into the scalding water, uncaring of the overflow now soaking the rug and seeping under the bathroom door. Sinking to the bottom, she tried to think of a way out of the mess she now found herself in, but nothing came to mind. She mechanically shampooed and conditioned her hair, washed herself, and soaked in the bath water. Stepping out of the tub, she pulled a plush towel around herself and walked into her bedroom.
The Spindress was already there, squatting on all eight legs, a bemused smile on her face. "You've made quite the mess, haven't you?" she asked Raven.
The teen looked down at her feet and saw a semicircle of wet carpeting around the bathroom door from her overflowed tub. She blushed slightly and didn't look back up.
"Well, at least neither of us has to clean that up," Ms. Fantoccini said. "Now come here so I can fix you up. We may as well make the best with the situation we've got, yes?"
Raven obediently came around and sat down in a chair facing out the window. The Spindress took a tube of cream and started to massage it into her scalp. She spent the next hour messing with different lotions and mixtures, massaging them into Raven's skin and hair, the whole time humming a strange tune that seemed to calm the girl more than the attention did.
Once she was done she nodded her head and motioned for the empath to stand up. She turned her toward a mirror and held up a lock of hair. Raven gasped. It was a good foot longer than it was before, and had a strange iridescent luster to it.
"What did you do?" was all she could get out as she pulled all of it over her shoulders and combed her fingers through it.
"Do you like it?" The Spindress asked. "I used a special cream I got from one of the other pets." She smiled hopefully and played with a piece.
Raven pushed all her hair back over her shoulders and forced a smile on her face. "It's nice enough, I guess. I was never one for long hair, but I can try it."
Ms. Fantoccini smiled wider and patted her shoulder. "See, it's not so bad here." She walked to the door and turned around to look at Raven. "Why don't you go soak some more? Water will help stimulate your hair, and you still have an hour or two to wait. I'll be back before dinner with your clothes."
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As soon as everyone had left Beast Boy's room he changed into any animal he could think of. Switching from lion to bear to insect, he made sure he could still shape shift. Once he had assured himself, he shifted back into himself and reached for his communicator to call Robin. He looked down at his belt, where he kept it and found the small pouch empty. Sighing, he shook his head. Of course they would know to take it, what was he thinking? He turned around and jumped at the sight of a new door that hadn't been there before. Walking slowly over to it, he opened the handle and found himself in a large, ornate bathroom. He saw a large bathtub in the middle of the floor, already full of steaming water, with soap, shampoo, and washcloth on the side. He picked a green towel and set it on a small table beside the tub. After undressing he left his clothes outside the door and stepped up to the tub, sweating in the warm steam coming off the water. Taking three steps back he crouched down and took a running leap into the tub, crashing into the water and sending waves over the side. Sticking in head back out of the water, he decided to set aside any bad feelings and make do with what he had. He was going to enjoy the small stuff, and that included a warm bath.
Relaxing into the water, he smiled and tried not to think of what might happen now.
The changeling stayed in his bath for a good hour and a half, finally stepping out when someone knocked on his door. He dried off quickly and wrapped the towel around his waist.
When he opened the door it was the bright red gecko man standing outside it. He was holding a small bundle in his arm and handed it to Beast Boy as he said, "The Master has sent me to tell you to be ready for dinner at six, and that we will be serving food at seven."
The changeling took the package, and noticed a gold glint on the gecko's chest. It was a nameplate, reading 'Ronald'. BB nodded his head at the man and watched as the gecko walked out and locked the door.
Beast Boy sighed and finished toweling off. He dropped the package on the bed and began pulling it apart. Inside he found black cotton pajama pants and a clean pair of boxers. Confused, he looked through the paper they had come wrapped in. There was nothing else in there, just the pants and underwear. Shaking his head, he pulled on the clothes and tried to decide what to do with his spare time before he went to dinner.
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