Behind The Mask: Season 1 Episode 8: Tired
Cyborg lays on the couch with dark circles under his eyes, staring aimlessly at the wall.
He is listening to yet another arguement between Beastboy and Raven, and it has grown tiresome.
"Why are you so BORING Raven?! " Beastboy complained, slumping as he glared at Raven.
" Maybe I am boring. And because you tried to MANHANDLE me!" Raven protested.
" Manhandle you! I was the floor monster! I captured you and you couldn't get out!" Beastboy scoffed.
They just kept going back and forth, and Cyborg groaned and slumped off the couch, shaking his head. Momentarily, Raven and Beastboy turned their heads, finally acknowledging that he was there.
"You guys just can't get along, can you?" Cyborg said, making sure the annoyance was audible in his voice.
"Gee, how'd I give it away?" Raven asked, her voice filled with Sarcasm. She recieved a glare from Beastboy.
"Whatever. Just, whatever." Cyborg waved it off, walking toward his room.
Cyborg massaged his temples. If only he can find out how Raven and Beastboy could get along-
The alarm sounded. He quickly walked to the living room where Robin already was looming over the computer, typing in full concentration.
"Ding Dong Daddy." Robin muttered, stifling a groan.
The man sat in his car, shooting his little ray thingie at pigeons, each one cawing before falling face flat on the ground , some of them breaking a bone.
"Well if it isn't the titans," Ding Dong Daddy grimaced at them before shooting them with his ray gun. Four of the titans fell to the ground, glaring at the criminal who now made their powers inactive for about a week. Robin was the only one still standing, since he had no powers.
He had skills.
And with that, he jumped on the car, and kicked the villain in the head. He snatched the ray gun, and smashed it too pieces with his staff.
The titans were thankful that Cyborg had brought the T-car with them or it would have been a difficult journey back to the tower.
Cyborg retreated to his room to work. He intended to create something that could possibly make Beastboy and Raven stopped fighting, when he finally had an idea.
After two hours of meditation while sitting on her floor, Raven walked to bed, sleep deprived, and flopped onto it. As soon as she hit the covers, her eyes were shut before she had time to think.
Beastboy however, stayed up late playing video games until about 1 o' clock in the morning when he finally decided to go to bed.
Morning
Raven woke up sitting. She angled herself to get comfortable, only to find out she didn't have that much room to move. She groaned in frustration, and finally opened her eyes.
In front of her was another seat, and beside her also. Next to her was a window. That's when it hit her.
She was on a plane. Next to her someone else woke up to the rude wake up call. Turns out that person was Beastboy. It took him a couple of seconds to register the thought that he was on a plane, and he jumped when it hit him.
"Dude, where are we?" He turned to Raven with a worried expression on his face.
"Like I know!" She shouted, unbuckling her seatbelt. When she stood up, the plane jerked back, throwing her against her seat.
"Seatbelt." Beastboy pointed to his seatbelt, still fastened. She rolled her eyes and continued to get up when another thing hit her- why would the plane jerk like that?
She went to the side of the plane and looked out the window.
Inside the engine, some bird is caught in it, and it wasn't a pretty sight. She stumbled backward shaking her head.
They had no powers at the moment.
The plane was going to crash.
They are out in the middle of nowhere, and right above the ocean.
She ran toward the cockpit, only to find that there was no captain. How could that be? She ran towards Beastboy, who was massaging his temples. He was already stressed.
"We're going to crash, there is no captain." Raven said. Beastboy stopped massaging his temples momentarily to look over at Raven with a pained expression.
"WHAT?"He asked, something in his stomach did not feel right.
"We have to get out. NOW." Raven said before traveling to the other side of the plane, opening the emergency door. A gush of wind entered and almost knocked her off her feet, but she was able to manage. She pointed at the door, and Beastboy got up uneasily and walked up to it. He looked down, and saw water...miles and miles of water, plus, they were up in a very high height.
"You know Raven why don't you go first I'm not really feelin' it." Beastboy said, turning even more colorful. But before he could scooch over for Raven to go, Raven had pushed him off the plane. Then Raven jumped.
She fell into the ocean, water swallowing her. She floated a little, then started to swim as fast as she could,then right before she could reach the surface, some yellow thing blocked her. She pressed on it, trying to move it, but she couldn't. Her lungs burned for air. Her cloak was making her drift away, she couldn't hold on much longer. Then someone grabbed a fistful of her violet hair and pulled her up top. It was Beastboy. She sucked in a gulp of air while Beastboy grabbed her waist and dragged her inside the little yellow raft. It was a circle one, big enough for about thirty people. She coughed up some water then looked up at Beastboy. He had a frown on his face, his hair all wet and damp as it stuck to his skin.
"You okay?" He asked. She nodded and caught up with her breath, coughing every once in a while.
She looked over to the left, and saw a half a mile away the plane had crashed.
It was silent, as they looked at the floor or whatever that was surrounding them.
They had no food.
No water.
And was floating in an inflatable raft.
Awesome.
Cyborg whistled into the living room, making his morning bacon.
"Hey Cy, where's Raven and BB?" Robin strolled in, asking while he made his eggs.
'Oh. BB Still's sleeping and Raven, went to check by this morning and she told me she was meditating. " Cyborg lied. Luckily it sold.
"MM. Okay." Robin shrugged it off and continued to make his eggs.
The truth was, Raven and Beastboy was in Cyborg's room, sleeping in beds, trying to survive a simulation.
Beastboy and Raven float aimlessly over the ocean silently.
"So..." Beastboy said, attempting to make conversation.
"It could be worse." Beastboy reasoned. Raven gave a single nod before returning to an empty state.
The silence bored Beastboy out of his mind, so he laid down and closed his eyes.
"What're you doing?" Raven asked Beastboy. He gave a small smile.
"Making movies in my head." He answered without opening his eyes.
Raven narrowed her eyes at him, but kept silent.
Wait, It's quiet.
She got in cross-legged poisition, closed her eyes and begun to chant.
"Azarath, Metrion Zinthos. " She chanted. Beastboy opened one eye and glared at her.
"Wow, you really are boring." Beastboy scoffed.
"Says the one who spends his time making movies in his head." Raven mused.
"Only 'cause I'm bored."Beastboy defended himself.
"Bored? We just survived a plane crash less than an hour ago, we're on a yellow inflatable floatie, we have no food and water, and your bored?" Raven shook her head dissaprovingly.
"Well, when you put it that way-"
"NO! I'm not putting it in anyway! IT IS WHAT IT IS BEASTBOY!" Raven shouted at him, cutting him off.
"You should talk!Your MEDITATING!"Beastboy argued back.
"Well at least I'm doing something to help calm me down. You know I HAVE to meditate."Raven defended.
"OH! So what do you want me to do? Get some food and crap so we can live while you sit there in lotus position chanting three words over and over?"His voice was full of sarcasm. Raven merely shook her head.
"Out of anyone, I'm stuck with him?"She muttered, but Beastboy caught the words, and clenched his fists, turned away from her, insulting her with hurtful and unintelligible words.
"YOU DID WHAT?"Starfire and Robin shouted,causing Cyborg to step back a bit.
"I just want them to stop arguing,"Cyborg reasoned. Robin looked at Starfire warily.
"Come on, you know you want this,"Cyborg said grinning.
"Fine. But on one condition, you have to let us watch what they're doing." Robin comprised.
"BOO YAH!" Cyborg screamed with joy and ran down the hall to his room.
It was getting dark.
It's been a few hours on that raft.
They were hungry.
Beastboy rolled over his side of the raft, becoming restless. Raven was still meditating. He rolled over again, sighing awfully loud, Raven continued to ignore. This time, he continued to roll over and sighed as loud as he could.
"What do you want Beastboy?" Raven asked annoyed.
"I'm hungry."
"Not my problem." Raven replied. Beastboy groaned and sat up, and looked around. Miles and miles of salt water,The yellow raft floating aimlessly, sunseting.
He dug in the pockets of the raft, searching for anything. He finally reached something and emptied the pockets contents.
Out came two Skittle packs, not expired, and a nursing kit, a repair kit, and a bailer, his green eyes widened at the family size Skittle packs. Raven must've heard 'cause she was by his side in a second .
We should save it for later BB,"Raven suggested.
Taste the Rainbow.
"Yeah, sure." Beastboy agreed.
Taste the Rainbow.
"Put'em back, Beastboy." Raven said.
"M'kay."
Only none of them reached to put it back.
Taste The Rainbow.
Raven licked her lips.
Taste the Rainbow.
Raven stared at Beastboy, her eyes begging to eat them. but Beastboy shook his head.
Raven slumped on the side of the raft, and sighed.
"Besides, we're still healthy, we can manage." Raven reassured themselves. She pinched the back of her hand, the small lump of skin she pinched immediately dropping back to normal.
"See, healthy. We're okay." She reasoned, curling up into a ball.
Beastboy sighed, and lay down on the raft.
Raven woke up wet. The sun was shining bright. She sat up, only to realize the raft was flooding. She grabbed the bailer and start bailing out water.
'It's a nice day out ,' She thought.
Her clothes were wet.
She looked at the sleeping Beastboy, for once glad in her life that Beastboy was a late sleeper. She wormed her way out of her leotard, covering up with her wet cloak. She put her leotard in the center of the raft, where it was dry. She bailed away as it dried, and finally found the hole. She got some super glue from the raft repair package, and fixed it, and put her leotard back on. She pinched the back of hr took a little slower than last time, but she was all good.
She let her cloak dry next, and when that was dry, she decided to wake Beastboy.
Beastboy stirred before he opened his eyes
"Whatttt." He groaned.
"Dry off your clothes." Raven ordered.
Beastboy raised an eyebrow.
"I have no intention of looking at your body while you dry up. It's better to be safe than sorry." Raven reasoned. He sat up and tugged at his spandex.
"I'll look away if it helps. Next time you just better get up early and do it." Raven shrugged her shoulders and looked the other way, trying to make herself interested in the things that are swimming in the ocean.
Beastboy sighed.
Robin yawned as he slipped into the hallways in his PJ'S. His Pj's are like his oufit only with mostly red with yellow stripes.
"Hook it up Cyborg." He said as soon as he'd seen Cyborg in the kitchen. Cyborg nodded and took one last piece of bacon before moving a high-tech computer into the living room, and hooking it up to the TV.
The TV showed Raven studying some fish swimming in the ocean hungrily, subconsciously licking her lips. Beastboy however, was fumbling with a pack of skittles. But what was funny about it, he was wearing Raven's cloak, and his clothes lay in the center of the raft drying.
"Why does Beastboy have no clothes on? Why is he wearing Raven's cloak?" Robin asked, stifling a giggle.
"Earlier they decided to dry their clothes since the sun was out. As usual, Raven dried her clothes earlier (thank God,) and Beastboy's drying his off." Cyborg answered.
"Maybe you should put some food for them friend Cyborg."Starfire glided in, unbraiding her hair.
"Naw, they got Skittles. When it gets serious I'll put food in there."Cyborg shrugged.
"I'm hungry." Beastboy said. his mouth was becoming dry, devouring the Skittles with his eyes.
He opened it and poured half of it into his mouth, chewing carefully to savour the taste until Raven leaped onto his back.
"WHAT DID YOU DO?THAT WAS OUR ONLY FOOD!"Raven screamed, staring at the open pack of Skittles.
Beastboy rolled on his stomach, away from her.
"I couldn't help myself."Beastboy offered lamely. Raven scoffed.
"Out of anyone, I would think you would have more skill in survival."Raven sneered.
"I don't know why you would think that since it is me we're talking about."Beastboy said as he sucked on his Skittles.
Raven groaned and went back to her spot, meditating.
It's been a few hours.
It's sprinkling. Raven sat in the corner curled up in a ball, ready for the second nught on the 's same, except on the other side.
They eventually fell asleep, only in the morning to be woken up by a puddle of water in their raft.
They dried their clothes, only Beastboy had to look away till she at least had her cloak covering her. They bailed water out the raft. They ate some Skittles, but Beastboy had less since he ate a whole bunch yeturday. Then it was just quiet.
"Wanna tell stories?"Beastboy suggested. Raven thought for a minute. She usually would have said an automatic no, but she meditated all day yesturday.
"Sure."She agreed.
Beastboy started to tell astory about zombie slaying, but Raven was really focusing on a fish that just flopped into the raft. Mid-story,a fish had slapped Beastboy on the cheek. Then they heard sort of splashing/trickling noise, so they turned their heads see a whole bunch of flying fish.
Some flopped onto the raft, some slapped at them. Raven got on her knees and to catch them.
"What are you doing?" Beastboy asked, staring at her incredulously.
"THIS COULD BE FOOD!"Raven screamed over the noise.
"FOOD!?DUDE, I'VE BEEN MOST OF THOSE ANIMALS!" Beastboy argued.
"YOU'VE EVER BEEN A WHALE?"Raven yelled.
"YES!"
"WHALES EAT FISH!" She tossed a fish at Beastboy's lap. He stared down on it, watching 's mouth fall open, it's eyes, watching it flop around helplessly. His stomach turned he grimaced at it. He picked it up between his middle finger and his thumb, about to throw it back into the ocean.
"Don't you dare,"Raven turned around and gave him a syern expression. He dropped it, but it still flopped around in the raft.
Just then the sky darkened, and rain start pouring like a waterfall.
"Great , just great."Beastboy muttered, while Raven gawked at the sky.
But it wasn't the sky.
It was a whale.
A huge, humpback whale.
It jumped back into the ocean, splashing waves of water on their raft. Then it came back up again, rising in the air towards them It opened it huge mouth, seeming about to swallow them.
Raven and Beastboy screamed at the top of their lungs, paddling away with their arms hurriedly. It did little to get out of the whale's way. When it rose above their raft, water blanketed them, They hugged each other and clenched their teeth in total fear. It finally fell back into the water, sending a wave of water on their raft, flipping them vet and getting them lost under water for a second. When they reached the surface, they swam to each other. They saw the raft cruising along the sea, and they swam as fast as they can to it. Once they emptied it of salt water, they hopped in, only to find it empty, nothing was in there.
Raven peeked out of the raft, seeing the whale past by quickly. She sighed.
"So, thats it." She sighed and slumped.
Later that night, Raven was looking out of the raft, watching the ocean. It glowed a turquoise or baby-blue, she watched it for a while before she fell asleep.
Cyborg giggled, Starfire pursed her lips.
"Perhaps take them to a healthy island friend Cyborg?"Starfire offered. Cyborg shrugged.
"Sure, why not."He said.
When Beastboy woke up, he spooted an island, he was wet, so he wiggled out of his clothes and took off Raven's cloak and put it on him. Then, he woke up Raven.
"There's an island,"He said pointing to it. Raven sat up and saw trees.
Trees with fruit. That's when she rralized how dry her mouth was, how hungry she was. She instinctedly started paddling near the island.
"Raven."
She ignored Beastboy and kept paddling.
"Raven..."
His voice got more urgent, but she just ignored.
"Raven!" Beastboy shook her shoulders and pulled her away.
"What!"She yelled.
"Look around."Beastboy said.
She looked around, there were about three sharks circling them about 10 ft. away.
"How-"The words died on her lips when she saw the back of her hand. She had pinched it so much, her skin was so dry, it cracked and started bleeding, and she was paddling with that hand.
Oh.
She visibly paled, and sat down on the raft, watching the sharks.
"Is there any chance your powers came back?"Raven said coldly.
"No."He said plainly. Raven nodded silently, then broke down in tears.
"It's okay Raven, we'll find a way out." She sniffled and nodded.
"Your right."She turned around and started paddling again.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"Beastboy asked her, trying to pull her away from the edge.
"It's now or never,"Raven reasoned. Beastboy helped paddle, and they paddled right past the shark, but it was following them. They were very near the islanx, but the shark took a big bite out of the raft causing them having to swim. Eventually, they got on the island. They were panting as they washed up on the shore.
Raven got up, and started for the trees. They held bananas.
That sounded so heavenly.
They sat on the sand, eating bananas. Thry got them down by throwing coconuts at the that were flying by, then throwing the injured birds at the bananas to knock them down. After they killed their hunger, they just sat there, staring T the pieces of the raft that were left behind.
"Thanks." Raven said, after she took a bite of her banana.
"About what?"Beastboy asked, playing with two sticks.
"For warning me and everything."Raven flashed a small smile before going back to banana.
"Do you think they'll find us?"Beastboy asked.
Raven shrugged.
"Am I still your friend?"Beastboy asked. He to has noticed they have been in fights lately.
Raven nodded.
"Yeah."