Okay, sorry I haven't updated in a few weeks, I was gone last week for a college research thing, I was actually working on the content for this chapter then so this chapter isn't something i just whipped up for a quick update...
However, editing and typing it up took a while so my brain kinda hurts and I'm tired because its 2 am here...
Okay enough talk...
Enjoy!
~CreatureHanstran~
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN MOST OF THIS CONTENT OF THE CHAPTER INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIALOGUE (OTHER THAN ROSE'S) AND CHARACTER ACTIONS. THIS WAS ALL TAKEN FROM THE EPISODE "GO" IN SEASON 5 OF TEEN TITANS. WITH THAT BEING SAID, PLEASE ENJOY!
Chapter 2: Unlikely Friendships
I headed north, nowhere in particular, I just felt changing directions. A city glowed in the horizon so I decided to head there, besides, by the time I got there the sun will probably be setting so a nice alley to sleep in seemed good to me. By the time I got to the city the sun was setting over the horizon and the darkness was closing in on the city, I traveled throughout the back alleys like I always did, keeping in the dark so no one could see me. Overhead a streak of green lit up the sky, it wasn't a shooting star, but it did crash down a few miles away from me, so I decided to go check it out.
When I got to the scene there was a boy and a girl fighting, and I don't mean arguing, I mean full-fledged fist action. The girl kicked a car at the boy…. A CAR! He dodged it as the car sailed by, "Hm…. Stronger than she looks." He turned just in time to get whacked across the face by the girl and sent flying back towards the alley I was in, I retreated a bit. The girl jumped and went to crush him with her fists but he rolled away and her fists crashed into the pavement. He pulled out a small pole that extended into a staff and hit her with it, sending her flying backwards into a car. His staff shattered into pieces, the girl got up and leapt to attack but was sideswiped by a ram who then turned into a green boy.
I must have been going crazy, maybe I was just dreaming, I pinched myself but nothing happened, "Okay, not a dream." I said to myself. When I looked up I saw a bus flying towards the two boys, I gasped and ran out from the alley, using vines to help slow the bus, suddenly the bus stopped in without touching the ground, "Yo, who's here messin' up my neighborhood?" A guy in a grey hoodie asked.
"She started it." The green guy said, the girl raised her arms and pounded the ground, causing the city to shake,
"Woah!" I kept my balance so I wouldn't fall on my butt. Part of the girl's handcuffs broke off, freeing her hands that started glowing green, "That can't be good." I said as we stepped back. She started firing at us, we all dodged them, waiting for her to finish. We stepped through the settling smoke, the girl remained standing in her spot, but she raised her hands again and started firing once more. We split up as we dodged whatever it was she was firing at us, I dove behind a bus, "Over here!" I said to the guys, all three ducked behind the bus with me.
The commotion stopped and the girl fell to her knees, exhausted, "Girl's gonna wreck the whole city." The guy in the hoodie said,
"I won't let her, I won't lose this fight." The boy with spikey black hair said,
"So what are we going to do?" I asked, he jumped out from behind the bus, we all did the same.
A force field appeared in front of us, we stopped, "Maybe fighting isn't the answer." A voice said from behind us, we turned to see a girl in a blue cloak standing on the sidewalk. She turned to the alien girl whose hands were smoking,
"Stand down." The spikey haired boy said,
"What, do you think you're the boss or something?" The gray hoodie guy asked,
"Just give me a chance." He walked towards the alien. She got up slowly, he took a step back, her hands started glowing green again and said something to him that I couldn't understand… I don't speak alien. He held up his hands, "Easy… My name is Robin, and I don't want to hurt you, I just want to help." He reached for his belt. She said something to him as he pulled out a tool and held it up, "It's okay, look." She stared at him angrily as he gently smiled and unlocked the handcuffs. The girls eyes and hands stopped glowing as she watched the handcuffs landed on the ground with a loud thud. She rubbed her wrists, "There, now maybe we can be-" Robin was interrupted by the girl pulling him in for a kiss.
I couldn't help but laugh, her eyes started to glow again and she shoved him to the ground, "If you wish not to be destroyed, you will leave me alone." She flew off.
We all stood there awkwardly, "So… I'm Beast Boy, who are you?" He asked me,
"Uh… Rose…" I said, that guy was pretty weird.
"Well, whoever she was, the girl sure know how to make an impression." The hooded guy said,
"I think we made a pretty good impression, crazy space girl's gone, the city's saved, mission accomplished. Right sir?" Beast Boy said to Robin,
"Seriously, stop calling me that." Robin said,
"Roger." Beast Boy said,
"Looks like we're done here, I appreciate the help." Robin started walking away.
"You're going to track down the alien?" The cloaked girl asked,
"I have to find out if she is a threat."
"More like find out if she'll give him another kiss." Gray hoodie guy said to me, I chuckled.
Beast Boy followed Robin, "Hey sir, I-I mean Robin, do you maybe-"
"Sorry, I just went solo, I'm not really looking to join a team." Robin said, and I agreed with him, the less people I was around the better.
Robin walked away, "Need a sidekick?" Beast Boy asked but got no reply.
The other two started walking away, "You guys wanna get a pizza?" he asked, I looked at the others walking away,
"Uhm… sorry Beast Boy, but I just want to be alone." I said and used a vine to pull myself on top of a nearby building. I stepped away from the ledge, "I've got to find a new place to go." I muttered to myself as I stared at the ocean in the distance.
There was a rumbling noise and the sky darkened, I looked up and saw a giant alien ship fly overhead and dropped something down on an island in the distance. I jumped down from the building, and regrouped with the others, "Looks like space girl's got some friends." Hoodie guy said,
"Or enemies." Robin replied as a hologram appeared over the city,
"People of Earth," The lizard looking alien said, "We come to your planet hunting an escaped prisoner, a very dangerous prisoner. Do not interfere, and we will leave your city with only minimal damage, but if you attempt to assist her, your destruction will. Be. Absolute." The hologram disappeared as the thing that was dropped down on the island opened up. Lizard aliens started flying out,
"That's a big ship." Hooded guy and I said at the same time,
"And those are some scary looking aliens." Beast Boy said.
The aliens flew towards the city, "They told us not to interfere." Cloaked girl said, I looked at Robin,
"You're still going after her aren't you?" Hooded guy asked.
Robin nodded, "There's no other choice, we need her help." I said,
"Can we come too?" Beast boy asked. Robin looked at us,
"I suppose I could team up, just this once." He said with a smile, we all smiled back and went to find the alien girl. The cloaked girl stayed behind, "You in?" Robin asked,
"I'm not the hero type, trust me, if you really know what I am, you wouldn't want me around." She replied.
Robin put a hand on her shoulder, "I know enough." He smiled, she smiled back,
"My name's Raven by the way."
"Well Raven, let's go kick some alien butt and save the city." I said, Robin nodded and led the way to find the alien girl.
We ran into an alley, the aliens were destroying cars, buildings, everything! We retreated into the darkness as some passed by, "Alright, we need some way to track-"
"She's near." Raven said. We all looked at her, confused, "I can sense things."
"I'll see if I can pick up her scent." Beast Boy said, he then turned into a dog… which I still couldn't get over.
"There's a sonic analyzer built into my arm. If she's around, I'll hear it." The hooded guy (who told us to call him "Cyborg" for obvious reasons) said, revealing a robotic arm,
"Good." Robin said.
Beast Boy returned to his human form, "I've got her trail!"
"And I can hear her heartbeat." Cyborg added, "Let's go."
They led us to the video store, "The video store?" I asked, there was a crashing noise inside,
"Yup, she's in there." Beast Boy said, we ran inside. The alien girl was eating all of the popcorn and candy (still in wrappers), "Uh… Those taste better without the wrapper." Beast Boy said.
The alien stopped eating and turned towards us, her hands glowing green, we backed off,
"It's alright, we're friends remember." Robin said,
"Friends? Why? For what purpose did you free me?" She asked,
"Just… trying to be nice." We started backing up,
"Nice? We do not have this word on my planet, closest is 'rutha', weak."
"Well around here, nice means nice, and if you want us to keep being nice you better tell us why the lizard king took you prisoner." Cyborg said,
"Not prisoner, I am prize, the Gordanians deliver me to the citadel to live my days as a servant."
"And the citadel are…?" Raven asked,
"Not, nice."
"Then you're not going with them, not if I have anything to say about it." Robin said,
"Uhm… don't you mean 'we'?" Beast Boy asked.
An explosion sent us all flying in different directions, "Cease her!" A Gordanian soldier said, we all looked at each other. The Gordanians charged at us, we charged back. I used a vine to grab one of the Gordanian soldiers and slammed him to the ground, another one jumped to attack me but I dodged and used my powers to encase him in plants.
The Gordanians retreated, the alien girl turned towards us, "I believe your expression is 'thanks'." The alien girl said,
"Oh man, my suit." I turned to see that Cyborg's hoodie was shredded to pieces, revealing his robotic parts,
"So, you look way cooler without it." Beast Boy said,
"Yeah, like I'm taking fashion advice from the guy in a goofy mask."
"Goofy? My mask isn't goofy, it's cool, isn't it? Raven? Rose?" We all shook our heads, "But, what about my secret identity?"
"What secret identity? You're green." Raven said.
"Uh… Mm… Ya-uh…" Beast Boy stuttered, then after thinking about it he took off his mask.
"This isn't over, now that we've interfered-"
"Trogar will strike harder, it is only a matter of-"
Robin and the alien girl were interrupted by a hologram appearing over the city again, "Fools! The earth scum were warned, your insolence will be punished, your city shall be destroyed." The hologram disappeared.
The giant ship appeared, and pointed a giant weapon at the city, "Great." Raven said,
"…That's a big weapon…" I said,
"So… after trashing the pizza place and a perfectly good video store, now we've managed to make a humungous space gecko mad enough to vaporize the entire town?!" Beast Boy asked,
"Yup, that sounds about right." I said,
"Go team." Cyborg muttered.
The alien girl turned to Robin, "All the fault is yours! I commanded you leave me alone, but you assisted upon the being nice!" She yelled at him,
"My fault!?" Robin exclaimed, "You blast me, you kiss me, but you never stopped to mention that they have a giant particle weapon!" Robin shouted back.
They continued arguing, "We are doomed!" Beast Boy turned to Cyborg and I, "I can't believe I let you two talk me into this!"
"Say what?!" Cyborg said,
"Me?! You are the one who wouldn't leave us alone!" I yelled back,
"Yeah, maybe if you had just left us alone, we wouldn't be in this mess!" Cyborg yelled,
"How is this my fault and why is everyone ganging up on me?!" Beast Boy shrieked,
"Quiet!" Raven shouted. Everybody stopped arguing and looked at her, "… Hi."
"Look, it doesn't matter how we got into this mess, we're in it, and we will get out of it, together." Robin said. We all smile and nodded, "C'mon, we've got a city to save."
"Okay, but how are we going to get up to the ship?" I asked,
"I have an idea." Raven said.
We were enveloped in a wall of black and the next second we were on the ship, "What just happened?" I asked,
Beast Boy shivered, "That dark energy stuff gives me the-" Raven looked at him, "I mean, it's cool."
Robin looked around the corner at the Gordanian soldiers that walked by, "We have to get to the firing controls, there isn't much time." He stepped out around the corner, we followed, but Raven stayed behind,
"Mind telling me why you're always by yourself?" Cyborg asked as we both walked up to her,
"You heard the kid, I don't exactly fit in." She said,
"He's green, half of me is metal, and she's from space. You fit in just fine."
"Yeah, and I control plants so you're not the weirdest person here." I said.
She nodded and we followed the others. "I bring you an apology." The alien girl said to Robin,
"Don't worry about it, I'm sorry I yelled too."
"And again, you are nice, on my world only my kinorfka has shown me such kindness."
"Well, things are different here." Robin smiled at her.
"Uh, guys, I think they know we're here." Beast Boy said.
Gordanian soldiers surrounded us, "We can take them." I said.
Robin started the attack on them, we followed suit. The alien girl fired at one, sending it flying back, I grabbed a few of them and threw them at the window, they made a loud thud noise then landed on the ground. Beast Boy turned into a bear and attacked them while Raven used her dark magic on them. I grabbed one more and threw it out the window, when I turned around they were all taken care of, "Good job guys." I said,
"The earth scum shall learn it takes more than six juvenile heroes to defy the mighty Lord Trogar." We heard from ahead of us,
"In there!" Robin said. The alien girl used her powers to blow the wall to pieces, "We're not six heroes, we're one team." Robin said.
The aliens attacked once again, Cyborg, the alien girl and I fought hand to hand with a whole group while the other three were doing their own thing. I kicked a Gordanian down then picked him up and threw him into another Gordanian, their leader swatted me against the wall and everything went fuzzy.
I lifted my head and saw Raven had Beast Boy on her shoulder, we were surrounded, "Stay away from my friends!" She did something with her powers to cause the control panels of the ship to explode, sending it downward into the water. I sat up and blinked a few times to focus, the alien leader got up and approached Raven and Beast Boy,
Cyborg lifted his arm and blasted him in the back, "Alright, I'm only gonna say this once, boo yah." He smiled, "
Hey, are you okay?" Robin held out a hand to help me up,
"Yeah… Just a bump." I said,
"Let's get out of here." Beast Boy said, we all nodded in agreement.
We climbed off the ship onto the island, the sun was beginning to rise, "That's quite a view." Raven said,
"Someone oughta build a house out here." Cyborg added,
"Yeah, if you like the sunshine, and the beach." Beast Boy nudged Raven, she laughed a little,
"You know, you're kinda funny."
"You think I'm funny? Dude, I know some jokes!"
"Oh boy." I said.
The alien girl walked up in a new wardrobe, "Please, I look… Nice?" I smiled and nodded,
"I still don't know your name." Robin said,
"In your language it would be Star, Fire." Starfire responded,
"Welcome to Earth Starfire."
We all smiled, "I thank you all for your bravery and help, and I wish to ask permission to remain here where the people are most strange, but also the most kind." Starfire said,
"You don't need our permission." Raven responded,
"But if you want our friendship, you've got it." Robin smiled, she smiled back,
"I guess we could all use some new friends." Cyborg said,
"Or any friends…" I muttered,
"Besides, we kind of made a good team." Beast Boy said cheerfully, we all agreed.
"I thought we might want to keep in touch, so Cyborg and I designed these." Robin and Cyborg held out small, circular, yellow devices in their hands.
Everyone took one for themselves, "Made them out of my own circuits." Cyborg said as we looked at the device,
"When there's trouble." Robin said, "You know who to call."