Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans. The HIVE five battle holds what purpose you ask? You'll find out, it's kinda expected. Sadly, I won't be showing Raven's talk with her emoticlones. It's more interesting when someone else talks to them. **cough** foreshadowing **cough**
Inside a small cell in a metahuman prison, five disgruntled teenagers talk to each other, annoyed at their defeat.
"I can't believe we lost to those losers!" Gizmo complains.
"Yeah, them were one man down too!" Billy Numerous points out.
"Where was the green guy anyways?" Mammoth asks.
"Maybe he was off doin' something else." See-More suggests.
"..." Kid Wykkyd raised his arm to attract everyone's attention. He reaches out and shows his teammates a newspaper.
Everyone crowds around the dark teen to read the article.
"Titans fail to catch Mumbo. Changeling struck with spell" Gizmo reads. "Ha! Looks like snot brain is out of commission."
"Says that Robin refused to comment on when he'll be back. That means he don't know when!" Billy announces, grinning.
"So how does this help us?" Mammoth asks, confused.
"You still don't get it? We can make use of this, and I have an idea how." See-More says, grinning. Everyone else looks at him curiously. "So this is what we gonna do."
The five teens stand at the center of their cell, whispering.
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"Aw, hell no!" Cyborg protested. "No way, uh uh! Not doing it!"
"C'mon Cy, don't be a bahbey!" Beast Boy teased. "Don tell meh yous scawed."
"I'm not scared! I just don't wanna do it." Cyborg says tensely. He stares down at the plate in front of him.
"I won faiyah and squayah." The changeling reminds him.
"I know..." Cyborg growls. He continues staring. "But why'd ya have to choose tofu?"
"Cause yous nevar twied it." Beast Boy insists.
"Fine. But just one block!" Cyborg says, giving in. He gulps and picks up one of the blocks. His hand shakes as he bring it towards his mouth.
"Greetings friends!" Shouts a happy alien girl, barging through the main room. Cyborg drops the tofu block in surprise.
"Hey Tar!" Beast Boy smiles. "Yous is jus in tam to sees Cybog eats tofu!"
Starfire gasps. "Ohh... I wish to capture this historic moment! Allow me to fetch the capturer or moments!" The girl flies from the room at top speed.
"Capturer of moments?" Cyborg asks weakly.
"Camera." Robin explains, walking in. "What's this I hear about Cyborg eating tofu?"
"I won faiyah bet, so as my pwize Cybog has to twy mah tofu." Beast Boy says proudly.
"What did you beat him at?" Robin questions.
"Checkers."
Robin stares. "Your kidding right?"
"Nope. Little dude is a nasty player. Bested me without loosing a piece." Cyborg says sheepishly.
Robin chuckles. "In that case I want to stick around to see this. Beast Boy deserves the victory."
"C'mon, is EVERYONE sticking around to watch this?" The metallic teen whines as the doors open once more to reveal Starfire holding a camera.
"I am ready to do the capturing of moments!" She announces excitedly, holding up he device.
"Let's get this over with." Cyborg grumbles. He holds the tofu block up to his mouth as the camera rolls, he's just about to take a bite when-
"What's all this about?" A raspy voice asks from the doorway. Cyborg drops the cube again and everyone turns to look at the empath who is finished telling off her emoticlones.
"Beast Boy won a bet, so Cyborg has to eat a block of tofu." Robin explains quickly. "Starfire is recording this for the historical archives."
Raven rolls her eyes. "This, I have to see." She walks over to the group and takes a seat.
"If everyone is done interrupting..." Cyborg says, irritated. He once again tries to eat the block, but the alarm rings.
"SERIOUSLY?" Cyborg howls.
Robin rushes over to the computer and types in a few commands, a map of the city pops up.
"Adonis." Robin said. "Down near the new car dealership."
"Something tells me price negotiations didn't go well." Raven quips dryly.
"No time to loose, Titans GO!" Four of the Titans rushed out the door leaving the last one sitting on the table.
"Yeah..." The changeling says, downcast. "Tians go."
He looks out the window at the city.
'What sort of hero am I? Taken down by a single spell.' He sighs. 'Come to think of it, I've never been very helpful. The only time I ever really helped was against the brotherhood of evil, and even then it was only because everyone else helped me. I've done more harm than good actually. I panicked everyone when I got captured by Soto, and I almost got Raven killed when I turned into the Beast. Why am I even on this team? Why haven't the others kicked me off?'
These depressing thoughts swirl through the shapeshifter's head as he stares through the window. His eyes eventually fall to the floor.
'Now I'm even more useless than I was before. Go Beast Boy.' He thinks sarcastically.
He is caught off guard as the alarm sounds again. He quickly looks at the screen.
-WARNING-
Security breach: Base floor
Method of entry: Wall break
Identification: HIVE five (Mammoth, Gizmo, Kid Wykkyd, Billy Numerous, See-More)
Cameras: Online
Damage: Wall broken, elevator hacked
Time: 17:28
"Oh cwap." The changeling says, face pale.
"Beast Boy, why has the alarm gone off?!" Robin's voice comes through the computer.
"Intudas! HI Five!" Beast Boy yells frantically.
"Get to safety Beast Boy, go to-" Robin is shoved aside by Raven.
"Go to my room and get on top of my drawer!" She practically screechs.
"Rae what are you thinking?!" Cyborg hollers. He is forced to duck as a car flies over his head.
"He has no time to escape or get to the maximum security room. My room is the next safest place for him!" Raven snaps.
"Your room has no defenses whatsoever!" Robin argues.
"He won't be staying in it long, just trust me!" Raven growls.
Robin finally gives in. "Fine, Beast Boy get going! We'll be back as soon as we can!"
"Wight." The changeling says. He severs the connection and turns into a cheetah. He dashes through the main door, only to see the HIVE five just exiting get elevator.
"Cwap." Repeats the changeling.
"What's that thing?" Asks Gizmo, laughing.
"Looks like a cat to me." Billy pipes in.
"Ugliest cat I ever seen." See-More snickers. "legs are too long, and it's got spots."
"Guys, why is the cat green?" Mammoth inquires.
Silence.
During the silence Beast Boy was thinking to himself frantically. 'What do I do? They're totally figured me out. Do I run now? I might get away. Do I just pretend I'm a normal house pet? Nah, they probably already know who am by now.' A rather depressing though made it's way into his line of thinking. 'Maybe it would be best if I just accepted my fate. I already know that the others don't really need me. Maybe I should just accept this as my time to go.' This thought is almost immediately dismissed. 'I can't do that! Starfire would be devastated. The others would get over it, probably, but not Star. I can't do that to her.'
The green jaguar tenses for a moment as the HIVE members stare at him. It bolts to the door to the left of him and smashes the button with his head, it opens and he runs down the hallway.
"Get him cludgeheads!" Beast Boy hears Gizmo screeching. He leaps to the side as an eyeball comes shooting down the hallway. The green jaguar staggers a bit and turns the corner. Raven's door is just to his right. To his surprise, the door opens by itself, surrounded by a black aura. He rushes inside and it closes behind him.
"Where did he go?" He hears See-More asking.
"I told you to cut him off!" Gizmo screams.
"But there was no way he could have beat me to the other exit!" Mammoth protests.
"So he's in one of these rooms." Billy says.
Beast Boy starts sweating. There are only three doors in this hallway, Raven's, Starfire's, and the bathroom. He crawls quietly over to Raven's drawer. He glances upward. Something is glowing on the vanity, illuminating the dark room.
"On three." He hears. He pales even further and quickly turns into a monkey. He grabs the knobs of the drawer and starts climbing the beat he can.
"One" Halfway up.
"Two" Just a little more to go.
"THREE!" The door is busted down.
Server Billy Numerous charge in. They all shriek upon seeing the giant black claw grabbing a certain green monkey. The claw pulls the monkey into a small mirror on the vanity.
"Uh... I think we should be gettin' out of here Billy." One Billy says to the next, backing away.
"I agree Billy. Don't want to become monster food, nope not me." The group of red clad men scramble from the room, yelling about monsters.
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"You wimps can't beat Adonis!" Brags the man in the red battle armor.
Cars are scattered around the lot, mangled and trashed because of the intense fight. The civilians have long since fled, and the police are waiting just a block away for the Titan's to take down the narcissistic man.
"Have before remember? Or is your memory as short as your temper?" Cyborg quips.
"My suit is superior to all of you put together!" Adonis picks up yet another car and chucks it at the metal man. Cyborg dodges out of he way and returns fire with a blast from his sonic cannon.
"Hate to say this, but looks like we're beat." Cyborg grimaces.
"We must wait for friend Raven to finish whatever she is doing. Thanks we shall win." Starfire announces confidently.
The empath in question is currently meditating behind a pile of cars, regaining her strength after opening her door from such a long distance away.
"You almost ready Raven?" Robin whispers from beside her. He reaches out beyond the car pile and throws a few freeze disks.
"Just a few more minutes." She whispers back. "Still exhausted."
"Just take your time." He says kindly. "We can manage until you're ready."
"Speak for yourself, we're dying over here!" Cyborg protests.
"How very true!" Adonis shouts, confident in his abilities to best the Titans.
"Friends, we must take out the Adonis quickly so we can aid Beast Boy!" Starfire shouts blasting the armored man with a barrage of starbolts.
"I know, I know!" Robin grumbles. He leaps over the pile of cars and hurls a few more freeze disks at Adonis. Ice forms on the suit but is almost immediately shattered when he flexes his muscles.
"No one can stop Adonis!" He crows.
"Wanna bet?" A raspy voice says from behind him. Raven rises out of the ground, hands encased in black energy. "Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!"
The screws in the suits start coming undone, and Adonis frantically tries to hold them in. In a matter of moments Adonis is standing up now the middle of the parking lot, suitless.
"That's a rap." Cyborg announces, notifying the police. The four Titans walk over to the T-Car and hops in. "Let's go save BB."
"He's fine." Raven says. Everyone looks at her in confusion. "He's in my head." More confusion. "Gah... Remember when I told you all about the portal to my mind. The others nodded; it had been during the third encounter with Mother Mae-Eye, when she had invaded the tower again and mind controlled everyone.
"You mean the time when BB got stuck as a kitty right?" Cyborg asks, making sure they all remember.
"Yes, I told you all about my mindscape, Nevermore. Beast Boy is in there right now."
"You call that safe?!" Cyborg yells. "You got crazy birds, killer statues, and a giant replica of Trigon waltzing around in there!"
"Rage has improved dramatically since Trigon left, and the other two only attack intruders. Since I let him in he shouldn't have a problem."
"Well, let's hurry back anyways. Who knows what those HIVE kids have done to the tower!" The metal man insists. Everyone piles into the T-Car and it speeds off back to the tower.
Chapter 6 complete. The Mother Mae-Eye encounter I mentioned is just another one of my stories called "Mother Knows Best". The emoticlones make a small appearance in that as well. Speaking of them, guess who's showing up next chapter? :P