YAY! I updated! I know I've had some trouble updating lately, but my parents FREAKED when they saw my science grade. And math. I hate this....so much.
TTNG: New Team
Chapter 23: DUDE! Call at a Decent Hour!
"Alright. I know you guys have been worried about me. I've been upset, but I didn't want to tell you why until I was sure." Arachne explained to Titans Seattle. Percy was holding an ice pack to his head.
"That's your excuse for hanging me on the ceiling like hood ornament?" he asked still woozy.
"I said I was sorry! Anyways, I would have told you guys but, I needed an expert. LB? Show 'em." she called. LB came out wearing her glasses (which she only used in the lab), and a lab coat. She had a file in her hands.
"A few weeks ago, at that warehouse that Slade trashed, Arachne found a blond hair. I ran some DNA analyses, and the girl was right. Lucky ain't the only one helping Slade. It matched a DNA sample taken from Roxy Carmical. AKA Ice Princess. She has several counts of assault, property damage, unpaid parking tickets, and a Copy-write violation." LB said constantly pushing her glasses up. A Picture of Roxy Carmical came on screen. She VERY light blond hair, pale skin, and pale ice blue eyes (pun not intended). Hex raised an eyebrow.
"Evil or not, she's kinda cute." he said with a smirk. Ari glared at him. The guys took one look at her expression, and cracked up. Sunfire was silent for a while, but then her eye twitched, which caused everyone to step back.
"How. Many. People. Will TEAM UP WITH SLADE! I MEEN FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!" she screamed, her face was red. Then she looked at everyone staring at her, and laughed nervously.
"Has she been diagnosed with OCD?" Hex whispered to LB.
"No. But at this rate, we don't need diagnostics. Not for her, or her dad." she whispered back. All the boys tried really hard not to laugh. But they were not successful. They fell over, and laughed their doomed little hearts out. Arachne giggled.
"Did you guys get into the Hallowen candy again?" she asked. Hex sat upright.
"Maybe..." he said. That caused the boys to crack up again.
"That's a yes." LB said. Sunny rolled her eyes.
"I'm not OCD." she said. Then she left the room. Probably to the training room.
"I've been meaning to ask you. What's with that empty glass box in your room?" she asked. Ari's head snapped up, and her eyes were wide.
"Empty?' she asked.
"Yeah there was nothing in there." LB replied. Ari started to run.
"SPEEDY! SPEEDY WHERE ARE YOU?!" she called. Percy stood up.
"You lost Speedy?!" he cried.
"No! I'm just calling him for kicks! Of coarse I lost him you idiot!" she snapped.
"Um, who's Speedy?" Hex interrupted. Percy and Ari looked at each other, and Ari spoke.
"My pet tarantula." she admitted. LB and Hex grinned.
"AWESOME!" they said. They high fived. Crow stared at her.
"Um, Ari, Sunfire has a very severe case of Arachnophobia." he said. As if on cue...
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"We found Speedy!" Percy announced. They all ran to the training room. They saw quite a sight. There was Speedy on the floor, the poor thing was petrified, and Sunfire bunched up on the top of the punching bag. Her eyes were wide with fright. Who could blame her? It was a tarantula! This caused another laugh fest from the boys. Ari ran to Speedy.
"Speedy, are you OK? Are you hurt?" she asked the large spider. Percy came back into the room with the VERY large glass cage. Sunfire stared down at the spider, still frozen. Crow turned to Ari.
"How the heck do you feed that thing?!" he cried.
"You know how we had that rat problem in the basement?" Ari asked.
"Yeah. But the rats seem to be disappearing." Hex said. All eyes went on the spider in the cage.
"Well, thats one way to get rid of a rat problem." Crow said. The boys cracked up, and Ari put Speedy back in her room.
"Boys..." she muttered when she came back to see the caffeinated boys still laughing. Then came the sugar crash. All three boys literally, passed out. The girls just looked at them, and shrugged. Sunfire got down from the punching bag (obviously embarrassed), and left the boys in a heap on the floor.
It was midnight, and everyone was asleep. Well, they were asleep until...
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
"I AM GOING TO DISMANTLE THAT THING!" Sunfire cried from her bedroom. Those who weren't awakened by the alarm (Hex), were awakened by that. So the titans, all in their pajamas, went to see what was up. They walked into the Opps room, to see Slade on the screen. All wished they had picked different PJ's (Sunny was wearing a light pink night-gown with a white bunny on the front, Percy had blue flannel PJ's that had the Clone Wars logo on the front, Arachne was wearing red flannel two-piece button down the shirt PJ's with Ahsoka Tano on the front, Hex had on a white T-shirt that had the recycling logo on the front and shorts, and LB's consisted of a white T-shirt and sweat pants).
"DUDE! Call at a Decent Hour!" Hex exclaimed. Sunfire hit him, and that shut him up. Arachne stared at the screen, but not at Slade, but at Roxy (Ice Princess).
"Hey Penny. Long time no see. Your brother still hasn't called me back." she smirked. Roxy knew exactly what made her tick. And her thick, high pitched Brooklyn accent made her cringe.
"Stop calling me Penny, and you KIDNAPPED Pete for crying out loud." Ari snapped.
"Uh-huh. Well tell him to call me." she shot back.
"She kidnapped your brother?" LB asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah. She was trying to bug me, and yelled 'Call me!' as the cops dragged her away." Arachne replied not taking her eyes off the psychopath with a desperate need for a tan. Hex looked at the screen, and glared.
"Where's my sister?" he asked in a suspicious tone. Slade rolled his eyes behind the mask.
"Don't get your hopes up boy. Lucky is in her...chambers. She won't be going anywhere. Even if she wanted to. She'd have to leave without something very important." he said smoothly. Hex's eyes widened. He wouldn't. No one was THAT evil! Of course, he did condemn the world for his own personal gain...
"Why did you call?" Arachne asked. Not noticing Hex's alarm was not like her, so it got Percy's attention.
"Simply to let you know I have more than one person helping me with my plans. And Ladybug, don't bother trying to track the signal. It won't work. Ta ta Titans." ten the screen went black. Hex dropped onto the sofa and gaped at the floor.
"Hex, what's wrong?" Arachne asked him. He looked up and everyone was shocked to see tears in his eyes.
"Her insulin. He took her insulin." he choked out.
Plot twist! I thought it would add more drama to give Lucky diabetes. And having a grandma who has it, I know a thing or two about it. I apoligize if I offended anyone for bringing it into the plot. Review peoples! I'll TRY to update sooner. I have a three-day-weekend, so I'll try to get one up by Sunday! If I don't, I'll slap myself!