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Hey there everyone! Now I know last chapter was kind of a disappointment, but I know this one will help to make up for it.
Now then, on with the story!
Chapter 9
Ebenezer's scowl deepened. "But if what we've seen of them is true, if they find out they'll put up a fight. One I'm not sure we can finish."
The Titans stood in the room they'd be staying in for the night. It was plain, made with the same pale blue material as everything else. There were four beds, one for each of them, but other than that, the room didn't have any other furniture.
"Well this is…creepy." Beast Boy said, looking around the room.
"Friend Beast Boy is right." Starfire chimed in. "Everything here is very…plain."
"What do you expect of a people that don't have emotions?" Raven said. Everyone looked at her strangely, even Beast Boy. Raven raised an eyebrow. "What? I have emotions, I just keep them under control."
Beast Boy smiled and wiggled his eyebrow. "Wanna prove that?"
Raven blushed. "Not now Beast Boy." She said sternly, her eyes glancing at Robin and Starfire who were watching the scene with interest.
Beast Boy sweat dropped. "Hehe, right." Raven glared at the two eavesdroppers, making them quickly turn around and act like they didn't see anything.
Robin cleared his throat. "Well anyway, we need a plan. We're here now, but we still don't know where Alistor is."
"It doesn't help that the leaders here are lying to us." Raven said in monotone.
"That can't be helped." Robin replied. "We just need to find a way to get some information."
Beast Boy sighed. "Dudes, I wish Cy was here. He'd probably do some techno mumbo jumbo and we'd know exactly where Al was."
Robin shook his head. "It would have made things easier, but it's too dangerous for him to come here. We'll have to do this without him."
Starfire clasped her hands together in worry. "I do hope friend Cyborg is alright."
"Don't worry Star." Robin said reassuringly. "He can take care of himself."
Cyborg sat in the Common Room flipping through channels. "Man, there's nothing to do! I've revved up the T-car, beaten every game like ten times, and there's nothing on T.V!" He sighed and sagged into the couch. "I wish something would happen."
As soon as the words left his lips, there was a wishing sound and Kid Flash ran into the room carrying Jinx. "Hey Cyborg. What's up?"
"Hey Kid, hey Jinx." Cyborg replied without energy.
Kid Flash raised an eyebrow and sped over to stand next to him. "Why the long face?" He asked. Then after taking look around he added, "And where are the others? I thought Robin said there were a few other guys staying with you."
"Kole and Jericho went out on a date and I've got no idea where Herald went." Cyborg replied. "And with no crimes going on, there's nothing to do around here!"
"Well then maybe we can fix that." A familiar voice said. Cyborg, Kid Flash, and Jinx turned around to see Bumblebee and Mas y Menos walk into the room. "Hey there Sparky." Bumblebee said with a wave.
"Uh, hey." Cyborg replied. "What are you guys doing here?"
"Yeah." Jinx added. "Don't you have to look after Steel City?"
"Nah, it'll be fine. There hasn't been a single major crime in days." Bumblebee said, waving them off. "It'll be fine without us for a few hours."
"Alright." Kid Flash said. Then he looked around. "But where are Aqualad and Speedy? Shouldn't they be with you?"
An evil look crossed Bumblebee's features. "Oh don't worry. They're here." Turning around, she shouted. "Bring him in!"
The others looked on curiously as Aqualad walked into the room holding a leash. He had a huge grin on his face as he gave the leash a strong tug…which caused Speedy to stagger into the room.
Cyborg, Kid Flash, and Jinx's jaws dropped at the sight of him. The three looked at each other and immediately burst up laughing.
Speedy was dressed up in a pink ballet uniform with a frilly tutu and dainty ballet shoes to match. Someone (probably Mas y Menos) had painted the black outline of his mask pink and the arrows in his quiver had been replaced with cupid arrows.
"W-what happened to you?" Kid Flash asked as he and Jinx tried to support each other from falling over in laughter. "Is it Valentine's Day or something?"
"I never took you as a 'pink' kind of guy, Speedy." Jinx managed to say between laughs.
"Aw man!" Cyborg said, wiping a tear from his eye. "Where's my camera?" Running over to the kitchen counter, he rummaged in a drawer until he pulled out a camera. Quickly moving in front of Speedy, he started snapping pictures with a giant smile on his face. "Speedy, I'm gonna be holding this over you for years!" He said as steam practically flew out of Speedy's ears. "What did you do to deserve this?"
Speedy glared at the archer and said, "Oh, I caught him on another date with Cheshire."
"So what?" Speedy yelled at her furiously. "It was just a date!"
"It was the second one this week!" Bumblebee shouted back. "Don't you have any idea what Robin would do if he found out you were dating a villain?" She took a quick glance at Jinx. "No offense Jinx."
The sorceress just shrugged her shoulders. "No problem. But still," she sauntered over to Speedy, "aren't you a little daredevil? You have to be pretty brave to go out with an assassin."
Speedy smirked. "Heh, I'm braver than that speedster of a boyfriend of yours."
Kid Flash growled angrily and stood in front of Speedy. "You want to fight?"
Before the others could blink Speedy had his bow drawn and an arrow notched at Kid Flash. "Think you can win?" He asked cockily. Despite the less than intimidating clothes and arrows, he still managed look threatening.
Kid Flash steamed for a minute before quickly running in circles around Speedy. "You're on arrow boy!"
As Kid Flash ran around, Speedy started shooting arrows at him. Kid Flash dodged all of them, but because they went right passed him, the arrows ended up going straight into the T.V.
"What do you think you're doing!" Cyborg shouted in dismay. He examined the T.V. but, like he guessed, it was busted. He steamed for a second as Speedy and Kid Flash sweat dropped. Turning around, Cyborg pulled out his sonic cannon and yelled, "That's it! Time to open a can of butt-whoop!" He fired his cannon at the two offenders, but they managed to jump to the side, making the blast hit Aqualad and Mas y Menos.
"Hey!" Aqualad yelled after he picked himself up off the ground. "What's the big idea?"
"Si!" (Yeah!) Mas y Menos yelled at the same time. "No hicimos nada! (We didn't do anything!)
In retaliation, the twin sped around Cyborg and pushed him, making him fall into Jinx.
"Bad mistake." Jinx growled after pushing the cybernetic teen off of her. Her fingers crackling with pink energy and she fired a hex at the two speeders. The two yelped and managed to dodge in time but Jinx just kept shooting more hexes.
"Leave those two alone!" Bumblebee yelled. She took out her stingers and zapped Jinx, which caused the sorceress to yelp and jump into the air.
"Don't touch my girlfriend!" Kid Flash said angrily. He tried to run over to Bumblebee, but he found his way blocked by Speedy and Aqualad.
"You're not going anywhere." Speedy said with a smirk.
Kid Flash laughed. "Sorry if I don't take a guy in a tutu seriously."
Speedy's face went red with anger and notched another arrow.
And thus the war was on.
Hehehe. I realized when writing this story that I hadn't found any place to add a bit of humor. While I pondered a way to fix this problem, I came to sudden realization. "What about Cyborg?" After all, I can't just leave him out of the story. And after releasing a few muses from their cages and drinking enough caffeine to kill a small elephant, this is what I came up with. I hope you like it! :)
What will Robin and the other do now that they're in the Observer's dimension? And what'll happen to Cyborg and Titans East? Next time in Chapter 10!
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