Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans. My favorite characters in the entire show are making an appearance here. Yay! Introducing... The emoticlones! Or at least a couple of 'em.
"Waaaagh!" Beast Boy screeches as he tumbles through the air. He put his tiny hands over his eyes so he wouldn't have to see the ground approaching.
Nothing happened.
It was a few moments before Beast Boy notices he wasn't falling anymore. A few moments more before he realizes he can hear muttering. Eventually he became aware that he was being carried; he hadn't felt any impact from landing in this person's arms.
"Stupid, annoying, stuck up, Adonis." The person mutters. "Always getting in the way. Can't he just stop bothering us? Raven doesn't have time to waste on punks like him. Gotta find a cure..."
The intrigued changeling spreads his fingers apart and risks a peek at the person carrying him. To say he is slightly shocked to see a girl wearing a blood red cloak would be an understatement. The girl has him cradled in one arm with the other one clenched into a fist.
"Wage?" He asks quietly, still in shock. He still has his fingers in front of his wide eyes.
"What?" Growls the emoticlone.
"Umm... Tanks for saving meh." He says shyly.
"You would have been fine anyways." She mutters. Glancing at his slightly hurt expression Rage sighs. "You're welcome. Happy now?"
Beast Boy grins hugely. "Yup!"
"Talk about your mood swings." Rage says, rolling her eyes.
"Kinna fuhney comin fwom you."
Rage glares at him. " What's that supposed to mean?"
"You awr an extweme emoton. An you wihve wit seven udder extweme emotons." The changeling explains, still grinning.
"Oh very clever." Rage rolls her eyes. It is only during this small silence does the shapeshifter notice that Rage is taking him somewhere.
"Weah awr we goink?" He asks.
"Maze." Rage says. "I'm not dealing with you by myself. What if I lost control?"
"I twust you. With Twigon gone you awr just angwy Waben wight? So no maddah how angwy you awr, you won huwrt you fwiends." Beast Boy sounds so sure about this. Rage is slightly surprised.
"I can hardly believe you are that trusting after what I've done." She whispers, staring.
"Yous my fwiend! Oh corse I twust yous!" Beast Boy mentions casually, as if Rage isn't completely stunned by this.
Rage gapes for a few seconds before shutting her mouth. She tries extremely hard to hide her rather red face.
"That might not be a good idea." She reminds him.
"I would rather die one real death than a thousand little deaths." Beast Boy paraphrases, managing to get every word out without slurring.
"When did you come up with that?" Rages asks accusingly.
"I saws it on a website." He admits sheepishly. "I've kewpt it in teh back of mah head in case I evah found a way to ooze it."
"That was by... Gah, I can't remember, never mind." She pauses a moment. "Do you even know what that means?"
"Ih mens dat I would wather die once when I'm actuwy stabbed in da back radder dan wowwying aboud it all day time." Beast Boy remembers proudly. He had proven he was smart!
"So you do hold some useful information in that empty brain of yours." Rage muses as the the changeling fumes at the remark. "We're here."
Beast Boy looks up at the large stone walls. "So wes is goink to finds Timdis?" He asks, curious.
"Yeah, she's one of the few people who don't seem to mind when I hang around. The others never tell me to leave, but I can tell they don't fully trust me. At least Timid admits it and doesn't pick a fight."
'She means Brave.' Beast Boy thought to himself. "They get oozed to yous. It take time."
Rage sighs and starts working her way through the maze. "I hope so. It isn't fun to be an outsider."
"Dood, dats what all dah Tians awr." Beast Boy points out. "Buh I s'pose it's wuhs for yous cause deeze guys awr liwek yours sistars."
"And I thought Raven was the mind reader." Rage mutters.
"Yous awent exactwy twying to hiwed anytink fwom me." Beast Boy mentions.
"I'm wondering if I should have." She whispers, eyeing him suspiciously and turning a corner. "We're getting close to Timid's resting place, her home for lack of a better term. Let's be quiet so as to not spook her."
"How do yous knows your way awound da maze?" The changeling inquires.
"I follow Timid around a lot, so I know the most important passages; even when they change." She explains quietly. "We're here."
Beast Boy tears his haze from Rage and notices the small hole dug into the side of a wall. Strangely, the hole is deeper than the wall is thick. Metal bars forming a door block the entrance, connected by a lock.
"Soo... How awr we getsing in?" Beast Boy asks in a whisper.
"Like this." Rage puts him down on the ground for a moment and pulls out a few small metal threading needles. She shuffles them around in the lock for a moment and a small "click" is heard.
"Yous know how to pike looks?" Beast Boy gasps, surprised.
"What? You think I'm a tactless bruiser like Brave?" Rage growls. The changeling doesn't comment and waddles past the, now open, door.
The two of them enter grey cave, light up by candle lamps hanging from the ceiling. There is a large fireplace along with numerous prices of furniture and several photos. A door leads off to the left.
"There." Rage whispers in his ear. He looks to where she is pointing. Huddling in a small chair facing away from the door is a depressed looking grey emoticlone.
Beast Boy puts a finger to his lips and Rage nods, grinning evilly. He silently waddles up behind the chair. He turns into a jungle frog and uses his sticky toes to climb up the back of the chair. He then morphs into a grasshopper and leaps onto the top of Timid's head. He is so light that she doesn't even notice.
'3, 2, 1.' Beast Boy counts down. He lays down on his stomach and transforms into his normal human self. His face is hanging directly in front of Timid's as he shouts "HI TIMDIS!"
Timid shrieks and leaps up, running around trying swat Beast Boy off her, not realizing who it is. From the entrance, Rage howls with laughter. Beast Boy is also laughing while he clings to the girl's ears.
After a good minute of freaking out, Timid finally calms down enough to realize that the green creature on her head and in her face is Beast Boy.
"B-B-B-Beast B-Boy." She squeaks shakily. Her legs are trembling and she goes red in the face. She starts to panic again, but for a much different reason.
"Tink I ova did it?" He asks, giving Rage a sheepish grin.
"Not in the slightest!" Rage says, struggling for breath over her laughter. "Man, this must be what Happy is feeling all the time."
"R-R-Rage! Y-You knew about this?!" Timid whimpers.
"Yep, funniest thing I've seen in a looong time." Rage begins to grin maliciously. "Don't you two look so cute, bet Affection would have something to say right now."
Timid's blush deepens as she tries to pull her hood over her face, but can't because of Beast Boy's blocking figure. Instead she kneels on the ground and covers her face with her hands, mortally embarrassed.
"Is fine Timdis. Wage id jus playink wid yous." Beast Boy reassures the girl. Rage gets to witness the extremely amusing sight of a tiny Beast Boy patting Timid on the head as he stands on her shoulder.
"What I wouldn't do for a camera right now." Rage muses out loud. "I could totally blackmail Raven with a picture like this somehow."
Timid's blush just won't stop deepening as she curls up even more.
"Maybe it would be better if I just invited Affection here to see this." Rage continues teasing.
Timid shrieks and pulls her hands away from her face to loom pleadingly at Rage. "No! Y-You can't do that! She might say something that would give it away! O-Or we might say something that would make him hate us! O-Or-" Timid is cut off by Rage.
"Chill Timid, just spooking you. Plus, at this rate YOU are going to be the one giving it away." Rage continues to grin as she raises an eyebrow and tilts her head at the green boy still standing on Timid's shoulder.
Poor Timid. She has no idea what to do now. So instead she just shakes on the ground, wrapping her arms around her knees and refusing to look at either of them.
"Maybe I went a bit too far." Rage admits upon seeing Beast Boy's accusing glare. Beast Boy turns his head to Timid.
"Timdis... Is okay. Wage no mock yous anymowr." The changeling hugs Timid's head in an attempt to make her feel better.
'I'm fairly sure that's not helping matters.' Rage thinks to herself, still grinning. 'But who would I be to interrupt?'
Timid is sputtering and trying to form a coherent sentence as she tries to get over the shock of being hugged by the changeling.
"I-I Y-You W-We B-But." Timid stutters. She let's out a whine and looks desperately at Rage for help.
Rage decides she's tormented her poor sister enough for one day. ""Thanks" is probably a good start." She suggests.
"Th-Thanks." Timid says.
"Not me, him." Rage chuckles as she thinks to herself 'Am I really Rage? I feel so damn happy right now; talk about breaking your emotional boundaries.'
"Th-Thank you Beast Boy." She says, glancing shyly at the changeling.
"Welcome Timdis!" Says Beast Boy, saluting and falling backwards off her shoulder. Timid catches him quickly and Rage snorts at the clumsy move.
"Looks like your always needing Raven in some form to help you out."She mocks.
"Awr you shoor yous is nowt Rube in dizguise?" He shoots back, his mouth turning into a pout as he crosses his arms and legs. Of course, our favorite green shapeshifter isn't really annoyed at all. He's just playing along.
Timid, now holding Beast Boy in her arms, watches as the two exchange insults and taunts. Her head whips back and forth as each person speaks.
'I wonder how Raven is doing?' The emoticlone wonders worriedly.
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Raven and the others are speeding back to the Tower when she starts to feel it. It's just a small bit of annoyance at first, then a burst of admiration and affection, then she feels slightly offended.
That's not the worst of it.
She is almost knocked out of he air as the urge to laugh over-powers her. She holds her stomach and sinks onto the roof of the T-Car. This keeps up for a good minute. Even while she is laughing, Raven can feel an extreme embarrassment that keeps on getting stronger and stronger. Finally the embarrassment is overpowering and the urge to laugh is replaced with amusement.
Raven touched her face only to feel that she has a massive blush. 'I must look like a tomato!' She thinks to herself and pulled her cloak over her head.
After a good three more minutes most of the feelings stop. Only a faint amusement and worry is left. Manageable.
"I'm going to kick Beast Boy to the moon and back for that!" She hisses under her breath.
"Friend Raven, are you the OK?" Starfire asks, peeking out from her window. Raven has been sitting on top of a full speed T-Car for almost five minutes now.
"Yes Star, I'm fine, but it might be best I ride in the car."
Starfire nods and fully lowers the window, allowing the Empath to fly in.
"We're reaching the Tower in five minutes." Cyborg says. "Get ready for a fight."
Everyone nods.
'I'll worry about the damage Beast Boy might be doing later.' Raven decides. 'I knew what I was getting into before I let him in. Right now, it's battle time.'
The car continues full speed ahead as the tower grows ever larger against the setting sun.
Chapter 7 complete. You think Timid got embarrassed enough? Timid is my favorite emoticlone of them all. Couldn't resist putting her in.