Hey guys, here is chapter five of Birds of a feather and it is basically Deception in Dive's point of view but I've added and taken a few things out (you'll see what I mean when you read this chapter). Anyway enjoy and I do not own Teen titans I only own Dove.
I sat on the long couch flicking through the channels. I was all by myself the titans were fighting some members of the Hive academy who were trying to rob a bank. It was the third time this week and it was only Thursday.
I almost got to go this time but at the last second Robin refused to let me go. What was his problem? I know when we met, he was chasing me because I was stealing but I explained why and I paid back the money. But then the rest of the Titans met me that way and I get along with them great. Technically I was a Titan, sure I hadn't been given a communicator or my own room and was currently sleeping on the couch, but still I was a Titan. Right?
I turned off the TV and pulled out the laptop Cyborg had made me. It was really good. If the titans were fighting them I may as well do some research on them considering I knew nothing about them except from the one fact that they were basically villains in training.
I managed to get onto their website though it took a while. I made the mistake of typing hive and all I got was a bunch or websites on beehives, Hive academy got almost the same result, except it was research on beehives. So then I looked up Hive academy for gifted students and I got a result.
It looked basically like a normal high school website. Curiosity getting the better of me, I clicked the join our school button but before I could even look at the page the Titans came in.
"Hey guys." I noticed their slightly annoyed faces. "they got away again didn't they."
"Not quite." Robin said and he walked towards the computer attached to the huge T. There was now a hive logo on the grid. That must be where the hive's secret academy is.
"Tracking device." I looked at Beast boy. "Veeery sneaky. Looks like the HIVE's secret headquarters isn't so secret anymore."
"So what are we waiting for?" Raven asked.
"Yeah, I mean we already know where they are let's go and kick their sorry butts." I said, rubbing my hands together.
"We need to know what they're planning first." Robin looked at me. "Otherwise we could walk right into a trap."
I sighed. Dang, my plans were always shot down.
"Do I hear an undercover assignment coming on? Lucky for you guys, I happen to be a master of disguise." Beast Boy said. He then transformed into a monkey, a kangaroo and finally a mongoose.
"Yeah a green mongoose is going to blend right in." Raven pointed out. Beast Boy changed back to his human from and pointed at me.
"Well how about Dove goes. No-one will know how she is, considering she's never helped us in battle. They won't know who she is."
"No. She doesn't have enough experience. Sorry Beast Boy. I was thinking of someone with a slightly better disguise." Beast Boy walked beside Cyborg. Weird Cyborg hadn't said anything at all.
"What are you going to do?" he then hit Cyborg on the shoulder. "Dress Cyborg up as a washing machine?" my eyes widened as Cyborg fell over. Beast Boy let out a panicked cry and jump straight onto the ceiling as a lizard.
"That isn't me." I turned round and saw Cyborg walk into the living room holding a remote similar to our game station remote. "That's my full robotic replacement. Not nearly as charming, but he can bench-press a bus." Raven, Robin and Starfire stood beside it, their eyes wide. Starfire cautiously tapped the head.
"Boo-yah!" I was surprised when the head pooped loosed as he said that.
"He still has a few bugs to work out." Beast boy then chose that moment to come back down from the ceiling in human form.
"No fair! I may be all green, but he's half metal! How come he gets to go?" Cyborg then walked up to him.
"Because I have a new toy." he gloated. He then banged his fists together, on each hand, on the middle finger was a ring. A unexpected flash came from the rings and I had to shield my eyes. When I looked back I was surprised, instead of seeing the half-man, half-metal robot. He looked completely human.
Wow he still had no hair. And he was only wearing underwear.
Not exactly a sight I wanted to see.
"A holographic generator!" Starfire said
" Dude! You look-" Beast boy said
"-unplugged." Raven finished for him.
"Nice work. If I didn't know better, I'd think you were just normal." Robin complimented him.
"Uh...thanks." Cyborg replied, looking surprised as he spoke. "Um… I'm just going to my room." He walked out of the room. It was then I realised something.
"Wait! Come back here." He turned around and looked at me.
"What?"
"What crime are you going to commit?" everyone looked at me confused.
"Dove? Care to explain?" Robin asked.
"Oh, you see while you guys were fighting the Hive I managed to find their website and found the "Join our school" button. Then you guys came in. I forgot I had the page open." everyone stood behind me.
"You have to fill out your name, address, date of birth and the crime you committed." I explained.
"Victor Stone, for address put nomad, um, 17/12/92 and any ideas for a crime?"
"Theft?" Raven suggested.
"Robbery?" Beast boy piped in.
"Those are the same thing, idiot." Raven remarked while slapping Beast boy on the head. I stifled a giggle.
"Murder?" Robin suggested.
"Doesn't that sound a bit extreme? How about car theft?" I suggested.
"Sure." Cyborg/Victor said as I typed in the details. "now let's go and infiltr-" he froze when he saw what was underneath crime.
Video attachment of crime.
Now we were going to have problems.
"Merde." I muttered. " We are screwed now. We can't fake a video of Cyborg committing a crime."
"Maybe we won't have to fake it." I looked at Robin confused. Then I realised what he was saying.
We were going to video him committing a crime.
"Aren't you glad, we didn't choose murder." I said, a smirk appearing on my face.
"Wait a second, Robin. I don't know how to steal a car." Cyborg yelled.
"You do have a point. Let's think of another crime." Robin said.
"Actually, I know how to steal a car." Everyone looked at me surprised. "What."
"Um.. Dove? How do you know how to hijack a car?" Beast boy asked.
"When Zelli's stalkers chase you, you pick up things like that very quickly." I explained.
Silence.
"How about I help Cyborg? If he gets questioned about it , just say that I wasn't interested. It would work out."
"That would work." Robin said. Hey, he was agreeing with me. Is the world going to end soon. "but Dove.? You need to cut your hair."
On second thoughts, never mind.
"What?"
"Your hair is too long, you would stand out and they could probably find you easily" he did have a point, but still I liked my waist long hair. At least it wasn't as long as Zelli's but still.
I liked my long hair. I've always had it long.
"B-b-but." I stuttered, stroking my black hair protectively.
"No buts. Just do that." Robin commanded. Scratch that about him agreeing with me for once.
"I'll do your hair, Dove." Raven said. "I have scissors in my room, we can cut your hair there."
"I thought you said no one was allowed into your room." Beast boy said.
"You aren't, not after what happened with you going inside my mirror." Raven said.
"What?" I asked.
"Never mind, Dove. Just go to my room." I sighed and walked to her room and entered. The room was dark, gloom and strangely enough, I preferred it over Starfire's.
Give me dark and gloomy over pink and fluffy any day.
I stood in front of a mirror that hung on the wall opposite her bed. Then Raven appeared, though the floorboards.
"You ready?" She asked. I stroked my hair one last time and nodded my head.
Then Raven started cutting. When my hair reached the middle of my back, she spoke.
"You have quite long hair." I snorted.
"I guess that is bound to happen, considering the last time any one touched my hair I was fourteen. I've probably got a lot of split ends." raven didn't speak, so I guessed that was then end of our conversation.
At least until:
"How come you don't talk about your past?" she asked, but I could see from her face she wasn't interested.
"How come no-one else here does?" I retorted
"Touché." She said. "I just though you travelling through America, you would have some interesting stories."
"Yep, a whole bunch. Like never call a werewolf a dog." Raven froze and looked at me.
"What was that?" she asked. Crap, I wasn't supposed to say that. Don't tell me she was actually listening.
"Um.. Nothing?"
"No you said never call a werewolf a dog, how do you know not to do that?" Crap, she really had heard..
"Um.. Let's just say that Zelli doesn't like werewolves and she insulted one a few years ago. God, we were running for hours, trying to get them off our tail." I laughed remembering. They almost caught her as well. Luckily I was on Whisper's back who was faster than Zelli.
"What else?"
"Oh. There was that time, where me and Darksoul didn't know Spanish, and Whisper and Zelli were trying to teach us but we can't memorize everything within a second." I closed my eyes and remembered that memory, their faces were so funny when they realised that we couldn't memorize anything that they were trying to teach us. Eventually, me and Darksoul learned Spanish, so now we could speak it fluently.
"Darksoul?" Raven asked. That's right I hadn't told anyone about Darksoul. I hadn't seen him in a while. Then again there was a reason for that.
"Oh. Right. You see, we were all a group of friends then about a year ago we all went our separate ways. I'm the only one that doesn't have powers."
"Powers?" Raven asked.
"Yep. Whisper is hard to explain. Let's just say that Zelli is gifted at being gifted. Darksoul could bring people back from the dead."
"Cool." Raven said appreciatively, I smiled. "Open your eyes." she said. I had forgotten my eyes were closed.
I opened them.
Hey, my hair didn't look half bad. It was still jet black and it looked pretty much the same. Except for the fact my hair now ended at my shoulders.
"What do you think?" She asked, her voice still monotone. I smiled and turned to her.
"I like it."
"Good." A black aura surrounded the hair on the floor and floated out the room. Probably towards a bin. She then looked at me and grimaced.
"What?" I asked.
"We really need to take you shopping." I looked down at the clothes Starfire had lent me. A (shudder) pale pink top and a denim miniskirt. I nodded my head in agreement.
"Guys!" Beast Boy shouted as he barged into the room. " Robin says you have to co-" He stopped when he noticed that Raven's hand was glowing black.
"What?" Raven snarled. "What can be so important that you barge into my room. My room which you are forbidden to enter." Beast Boy gulped, even I was scared of Raven at the moment.
"R-robin says y-you guys h-have t-to come to the l-l-living room, n-now." she stuttered out, before turning into a cheetah and ran out the room.
"You'd think he'd know by now, not to enter my room." Raven mumbled, obviously to herself. I held back a giggle and walked to the living room, Raven followed me.
The doors opened and I walked in.
"What?" I asked.
"We need to come up with a plan." Robin said.
"Simple, find a car and steal it." Raven said. Robin shook his head.
"We can't. That's stealing and we have to set a good example."
"Friends, I think I have a plan." Starfire piped up. We all listened in and I was surprised at her plan. It was pretty good. In fact after hearing Beast Boy's plans (which strangely enough involved an underground army of gerbils) we all voted for Starfire's plan.
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"Is everyone ready?" I whispered. An ear piece was placed in my ear, so that we would know when to come in or not. I looked up towards the pizza place and saw Robin give a faint nod at me. I walked forwards and into the pizza place. I was wearing a pair of black jeans, a red tank top and a pair of black sneakers, however I was wearing a light brown wig.
I walked up the stairs. I really hope this plan works.
"Hey David." I said walking up to Robin, that was his fake name. Robin was wearing a black t-shirt, navy jeans and a pair of white sneakers. His hair however was not spiky at all. Without the hair gel, his hair seemed kinda long. His hair reached his chin, but he looked pretty good.
Except for one thing.
He was wearing a pair of sunglasses.
He's never let anyone seen his eyes. Beast boy thinks he has no eyes then again this is Beast Boy we're talking about.
"Hey, Lauren. Do you know when Stone is coming?" I shook my head. Out of the corner of my eyes I saw a green pigeon with a video camera beside it. Beast boy was filming us.
"Welcome may I get you something to eat?" Starfire asked, walking over to us. She was wearing the work uniform, but instead of her red hair and green eyes, she was wearing a black wig that covered her hair completely and was wearing blue contact lenses.
"Yes can we get a large pepperoni pizza, a sprite and a coke?" Robin asked. Starfire nodded and walked off. I looked at the table beside us and saw Raven reading a book, that covered her face from the camera.
"So what have you been up to?" I asked. We would have to improvise a conversation while Cyborg made his way up the stairs.
"I got a new car, a red Mercedes -Benz-SL-Class." I raised my eyebrows and saw it in the street. Okay so it wasn't exactly a red Mercedes-Benz SL-Class it was the t-car. Cyborg had made this hologram for the t-car.
"Nice." I said appreciatively. "is it that one behind that range rover." I asked.
Robin nodded. Starfire then came and laid the pizza and drinks on the table.
"I hope you enjoy your meal." she said before walking off to Raven's table. That was when Cyborg walked in, looking completely human.
Despite the fact that I had seen Cyborg with the ring on, he still looked like a different person to me. He was wearing this weird silver band around his head, a grey t-shirt, a pair of black trousers and blue boots.
"VIC! OVER HERE!" I yelled as I waved my arms. He noticed us and walked over. As he was walking over , Robin whispered:
"Lauren, do you think you could yell louder, I don't think China heard you." I childishly stuck out my tongue at him and punched him on the shoulder.
"Hey guys." Cyborg said, while his hand, not so inconspicuously, reached towards the slice of pizza on my plate. I slapped his hand.
"My pizza." He shrugged and reached for a slice of pizza of Robin's plate, who didn't say anything. Cyborg the sat in the chair that was in-between me and Robin.
"Did you guys see that Mercedes-Benz on the way in? That is a sweet ride." He said, after he swallowed the slice of pizza.
"Yeah, it's mine." said Robin. Cyborg looked at him wide-eyed.
"Dude, that's your car?"
"Yeah."
"Lucky you, I had to walk here." he sighed stuffing yet another slice of pizza into his mouth.
"HEY!I had to walk as well." I retorted, while eating my slice of pizza.
"Lauren, don't talk while eating." Cyborg said.
"Don't criticize me on table manners, mister I've-already-eaten-half-a-pizza-and-I-just-got-here." I retorted.
"I have not eaten half a pizza."
"Really then why was there an almost full pizza and now there is only a quarter left?"
"Um."
"Exactly." I smirked.
"Damn it!" Robin huffed.
"What?" Cyborg asked.
"I don't have any money. I've emptied out my pockets and I don't have any money. I'll be back in ten minutes." He said before running off.
He had left the keys to the car behind.
Cyborg grabbed the keys and started waking to the stairs.
"Vic! What are you doing?" Cyborg stopped and turned around.
"Nothing."
"Then why did you take David's keys. You know he just got that car."
"yeah, but did he earn it?"
"What do you mean?"
"What I mean is, that dude has had practically had everything handed to him on a silver platter. I ,however gets good grades at school, work at Burger king, almost everything I've own I've bought. I need to get away from all this,"
"So what stealing his car is going to accomplish? Revenge on him having stuff you never had?"
"NO! it's not about revenge it's about showing him that he can't have anything on a silver platter, besides I'm going to college in the fall and have no transportation to get there. If I don't take this opportunity now it may never come up again."
He started walking towards the stairs again but I ran in front of him, my arms outstretched.
"You are not going to steal his car." I snarled.
"Really and what are you going to do to about it?" he said but before I could say anything he charged at me.
I cart wheeled over to the right and Cyborg went to punch me, dodged and kicked him, he grabbed me with both hands and lifter me.
"You're gymnastics skills aren't going to help now, Lauren." he smirked, I glared at him before kicking him right in the jaw. He dropped me and I feel onto my back. I rolled over when he went to stomp on me, before kicking my leg. However instead of hitting him in the stomach, he grabbed my leg and sent me crashing into the wall.
People were screaming and ran away, Cyborg glared at me before running down the stairs, I got up and ran to the wall and saw Cyborg jumping into the car.
It had all gone to plan.
Ow.
He had to throw me against a wall.
I walked to the stair and nodded at Starfire.
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Two weeks had past and Cyborg was still at the Hive. He had been there to long and he hardly checked in on us. The last time he had checked in on us was last night and he suddenly ended the conversation. Personally, I thought he was getting too attached to the HIVE.
I was past being worried now.
I wanted Cyborg back. The robot he built wasn't every Cyborgy. It didn't make fun of Beast boy.
I sighed before getting back to buffing the t-car. Counter-clockwise. Cyborg was really specific about that.
Three pairs of footsteps came and ran right by me.
"Dove look after the tower." Robin said. I threw down the sponge.
"No." Robin stopped and turned around.
"Dove do as I say."
"No. If you guys are going to get Cyborg, I'm coming with you. He's my friend as well. I'm not just going to sit here if Cyborg is in danger." Robin frowned at me before:
"Fine, but only this once." He growled at me. I smiled and ran outside. They all looked at me confused but they quickly shrugged it off. Raven surrounded us in black and before I knew it, we were in a yellow hall. All the wall had hexagons on them.
Raven walked ahead and was replaced by a black bird. I'm guessing that it is her 'soul' self.
"Clear." we walked ahead and around the corner.
"Beast boy, hurry up!" Robin said. I turned around and saw Beast boy pushing robot Cyborg before stopping and mopping his forehead.
"Next time Cyborg builds a robot, he better leave instructions." He complained while I rolled my eyes.
"Boo-yah!" My eyes widened in fear. Why now? Why of all times did he have to yell boo-yah?
"Boo-yah!" It repeated before Beast boy turned into a starfish and stuck himself to the robot's mouth.
"Phew!" We all sighed simultaneously before Robin's communicator. He walked forwards before stopping , we all moved so that we were behind him.
"I'm picking up Cyborg's signal… directly below us." Before I could question what he was saying the floor panel flipped over and we fell into a dark room. A bright light shone on us before the whole room light up. The room was massive, this must be where they train, I quickly deducted."Not good." Beast boy said.
"The Teen Titans. So nice to make your acquaintance. I'd introduce you to my students...but I'm fairly certain you've already met." A guy in a white robe said. So he was the headmaster. Everyone else, however weren't looking at him. I followed the gaze and gasped. "Attack Pattern Alpha!" Cyborg said. His whole body was stone.
The pink hair girl sent a pink hexed towards me but I cart-wheeled to the left before running towards Cyborg . That was when the ginger hair guy grabbed both of my arms and lifter me up so I was facing him. I squirmed in his arms, annoyed at his smirk. I kicked him right in the jaw and he dropped me.
I hopped around a bit. My foot was really sore now. Was his jaw made of stone?
He took advantage of my distraction and grabbed both of my arms but instead of lifting me up he threw across the room.
I almost screamed in pain as my back hit the wall. I crumpled against the wall, my eyes closed. I needed to wait until the pain past.
Minutes past and finally my back stopped aching. I opened my eyes and saw Cyborg towering over Robin. I winced as I stood up and charged towards Cyborg. I jumped up and my arms locked firmly around his neck.
"Cyborg it's me, Dove. Come on man, snap out of it." I whispered into his ear. Instead of snapping out of it, like I stupidly thought he would, he grabbed my arms and flipped me over his shoulder.
My back ached once more as it hit the ground but my eyes were open wide in shock. What had happened to Cyborg? I blinked and suddenly he was gone. I flipped over onto my stomach so I could see what was happening. I didn't even notice the yellow force field surround us.
Robot Cyborg was fighting Cyborg. I watched the fight in front of me but my mind wouldn't retain the fight. Before I knew it Robot Cyborg was being pummelled to pieces by Cyborg, that was when Cyborg's ring must've broke.
I stood up, my eyes firmly shut. I didn't want to see what was happening to Dove, I wasn't even listening to what everyone was saying.
This wasn't happening, Cyborg couldn't just betray us.
My eyes snapped open when I heard everyone protesting around me. I gasped when I saw Cyborg pointing his sonic cannon at us. His eyes red.
"Don't do this, Cyborg. We're your friends." I pleaded.
"Sorry, but I have new friends" My jaw dropped. "Psych!" He turned around and a really powerful sonic blast went flying towards the headmaster who deflected it with a red shield, so the blast went straight to the ceiling.
"A foolish choice, my friend. Very foolish." The headmaster chided.
"You could've been one of us." Pinky said.
"I could've been a lot of things." was Cyborg's cold replyI watched her jump onto the floating platform before it flew away. I smiled as Cyborg blasted the force field destroying it in one shot." Raven. Get us out of here. " Robin said.
" Thought you'd never ask." was Raven reply before we were all engulfed in a black bubble. As soon as we were in the tower Cyborg started apologizing:
"Sorry I had to play rough with you guys but when I found out what this thing could do, I had to make Brother Blood trust me."
"But if all those HIVE kids were brainwashed, why not you?" Raven questioned. Cyborg pointed to the electronic part of his head and said:
"Because half my brain is electronic. He may have been able to fool the man but he couldn't fool the machine.
"Which means next time we face him we have our own secret weapon." Robin said. Cyborg nodded his head before walking out of the room. Starfire followed him. I stared at the closed door.
He had never been on their side. He was just acting to see what they were up too. Though I think he had one thing wrong when he was explaining why he wasn't brainwashed.
I don't think that it was the machine that managed to fight off Blood, but the human part of him. Don't ask me why though.
"Here." Beast boy said placing a video camera into my hand.
"Why am I holding a video camera?" I asked raising an eyebrow.
"Cyborg technically quit the titans which means he had to be initiated again." He explained picking up a very tiny pink dress. " Now come on, we need to go get Cyborg." He said grabbing my wrist and dragging me to Cyborg's room.
"Oh Cyborg…" he practically sung as we all stood in his doorway.
"You left the Titans." Robin said, a smirk planted on his face. I turned on the video camera and started recording.
"That means you have to be initiated all over again." Raven said before they all jumped forward and dragged Cyborg out the room. Me and Starfire followed them, Cyborg was complaining and trying to get his way out of the initiation.
"What about Dove!" He yelled.
"Haven't decided about what we're going to do for her initiation." was Robin's cool reply.
I didn't what was more crazier, living with Zelli, Whisper and Darksoul or living with the Titans.
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