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Sorry about the late update, guys. I got stuck in a small writer's block.
Anyway, on with the story!
Chapter 7
Cyborg smirked. "Be sure to grab a bag on your way down. We're going traveling."
Raven and Beast Boy walked into the Common Room to find everyone waiting for them. They were also surprised to see Herald waiting with his arms crossed as he leaned against the counter in the kitchen.
"Good." Robin said as they walked in. "Everyone's here."
"So what's going on, dude?" Beast Boy asked.
Robin turned so that he was facing everyone. "We're going to go save Alistor."
Beast Boy blanched. "Huh?"
Cyborg rolled his eyes. "Get it through that thick head of yours, grass stain. We're going to the Observer dimension."
"Ohhh." Beast Boy said, getting the point. His eyes lightened up and he let out a laugh. "Sweet, dude! We get to see what Al's place is like."
"Remember Beast Boy, we're not just going for a visit." Robin said sternly. "And actually Cyborg, we're going. You're staying here."
"What!" Cyborg shouted. "There's no way I'm staying here while the rest of ya'll go help Alistor."
"Cyborg, think about it." Robin said seriously. "Technology doesn't work in that dimension. We don't know what kind of effect it could have on you."
"What are you talking about? Alistor's powers don't work on me." Cyborg shot back defiantly.
"Alistor needs to touch machines for the cancellation effect to happen." Raven said in monotone. "But in that dimension, all you need to do is step foot there and you could short circuit. It's too dangerous."
Cyborg opened his mouth to protest more, but one glare from Raven stopped him. "Fine." He muttered dejectedly.
Robin nodded his head. "Thanks, Cyborg. Herald, Kole, and Jericho have agreed to stay and help you look after Jump City. Kid Flash and Jinx said they'd help out too, after they tied up a few things."
"Wait a minute." Cyborg said. "Herald's not going with you? Then how are you getting back?"
"Alistor." Robin explained. "Once we rescue him, he can make a portal to bring us home. And we will rescue him."
Herald smiled at that. "Well alright then." He said, stepping into the conversation. "Are you ready?"
Robin, Starfire, Raven, and Beast Boy all looked at each other before nodding.
"Let's do this."
The plaza was busy. People were either briskly walking up and down the sidewalk or standing to the side, talking to one another in flat, emotionless voices. The people pretty much all looked the same, with pale blue skin, dark blue clothing, and dark blue eyes. All of their faces held the same emotionless look. The only difference was their hair. They all had yellow hair, but the color varied from each person, from almost brown in darkness to almost white in brightness.
The buildings surrounding the plaza were made of the same pale blue material, making them give off the same emotionless feeling as their occupants.
As the emotionless Observers went about their day, the all turned their heads curiously as the sound of a horn was heard and a portal opened up in the middle of the plaza. Out of which came four people, a human with a spikey black hair, a Tameranian, a strange green creature, and a half-demon.
The four Titans were taken by surprise as they were crowded by Observers who pushed together to try and get a better look at them.
"Clearly a leader," a man with pale yellow hair commented as he studied Robin, "a confident posture with an air about him to match." A few Observers next to him, one with vibrant yellow hair and the other with nearly brown hair, nodded in agreement. The one with vibrant hair lifted one of Robin's arms and studied it intently. "Muscles indicate a strict training regimen."
"Hey!" Robin yelled. He ripped his arm out of the man's grip, but before he could even move, the three descended on him again.
Next to Robin, Starfire was receiving similar attention. A group of three women were tugging at her hair and clothes while another seemed to be studying the air between her and Robin. "Odd." She muttered. Taking Starfire's head between her hands, the woman stared at her eyes intently.
"Please," Starfire asked, "is there something on my face?"
The woman didn't take any heed of her question and, instead, glanced at Robin. "Strange." She said to herself. "A relationship such as this has never been heard of between an Earthling and a Tameranian. One can't help but wonder what sort of offspring they would produce."
As Starfire blushed and tried to think of something to say to that, Raven was being scrutinized by an old woman with nearly white hair. Other Observers were also studying her, but they were all keeping a slight distance.
"Ah," the old woman said, "a spawn of Trigon." Raven tensed at the name and the old woman seemed to notice. "A definite fear response. Logical, considering who her father is." The woman stepped closer to Raven and peered at her intently. "Mind barriers. Very effective. But if one were to look closely…" She moved her head as if her eyes were following a thread, which lead her straight to Beast Boy. "Ah." She said again. "The green one."
She didn't bother trying to get near Beast Boy since, even compared to the crowds around the other three Titans, Beast Boy seemed to attract a particularly large group of people, all of whom seemed to by trying to push each other in order to get a better look at him.
"He is clearly human." One Observer said. "But the green pigment to his skin isn't heard of from his kind."
Another Observer stepped close and pushed apart Beast Boy's lips with two of his fingers and studied his teeth. "Fangs seem to point towards a more beastial nature."
"Would you quite that?" Beast Boy asked as the man let go of his lips. He didn't get to say another words as a woman reached from behind him and tugged at his ears.
"Very curious." She said to no one in particular.
Two men tugged at his hair and skin and said, "Genetic alterations perhaps?" One man said to the group.
There were a few mutters of agreement. But the other man shook his head. "More study would be needed to be sure." He reached out to grab at Beast Boy's hair again. "A DNA sample would be necessary."
Beast Boy let out a yell and covered his hair with his arms and tried backing away, only to be stopped by the crowd of people around him. "Dudes!" Beast Boy yelled in fear as the man reached out to pull his hair again.
But just as he was about to touch him, a voice sounded out above the others. "Enough." It commanded.
The crowd stopped almost instantly. As if the Titans didn't even matter anymore, they all turned around and went about their business. The now ruffled Titans looked at each other incredulously, still trying to process what just happened. But before any of them could say anything, a man with mustard colored hair walked up to them and gave them a small bow.
"Greetings." He said formally. He was clearly the one that had stopped the crowd. "We have been expecting you." He turned around and made a gesture for them to follow him. "Please, come this way. The Elder Watchers wish to meet with you."
Hahahahaha! Victory is mine!
…Sorry. It's just that I've been wanting to write about the Observer dimension since I first created Alistor. :) Also, since I was a little late with this chapter I'm going to have the next one up by Friday, instead of waiting a week like I usually do.
The Titans have finally arrived. But who are the Elder Watchers? And what do they want with them? Next time, in Chapter 8!
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