Copyrights, same as previous chapters.
I had a bit of a rating crisis. The previous chapters were well into the T rating. But things will start happening in the next few and because of that, it will remain M. However, there will be no direct writing of sex scenes. I will allude to it, and maybe even get into a little of their foreplay, but I will not be delving into MA content.
That night ended in a blur. We were above the bay one minute and on the roof in another. Talking, making out, but there was always one of us pulling back and both of our eyes holding back just enough. I didn't bring up Terra; he didn't bring up my past. It felt as if the time on the roof was frozen, nothing moved and nothing existed, besides us.
Piecing sunlight and the cries of gulls awoke me, confused as to why did. When I opened my eyes and saw I had a pillow of purple and black and felt an arm wrapped around me, things made more sense. The previous night wasn't a dream, and I ended up in the arms of the green shape shifter.
"You're awake." There was a soft rumbling from beneath my head.
"Just awoke."
"Good, now I don't have to devise a devious plot to get away!"
"What do you mean?"
"Just that I was getting awfully hungry and would be remise to wake you."
"Surprising, the way you ate dinner last night I figured there wasn't anything could keep you from food."
"Well, I think I found something that wasn't just anything." He smiled, looking down at me. I leaned up and caught his lips. I floating upwards, I grabbed his body and raised us to our feet without breaking the kiss. "Standing, made easy."
"Yep! Where were you thinking for breakfast?"
"Well, we don't have groceries and I wouldn't go for Rae's fruit again. How about we go shopping and then come back?"
"Why not? You sure you'll be alright until then?" I worried.
"I've gone a few days without eating before. I don't recommend it."
"Shower, get ready, fly to the store?"
"Sounds good to me." He responded, heading to the lift. "C'mon." We went down and stopped before the floor I would get off at. "This is me, see you in fifteen." And then he left the lift. Everything about being a Titan seemed different than being a normal person. I walked to my room, showered, and got ready. However, I found that I didn't have any underwear again, and decided that I just had to go out without them.
I slipped on my shirt and there was a knock at the door. "Ready to go?" The voice from Beast Boy came.
"Yeah, just finished." But he walked in the room instead of waiting for me to come out.
"Hey… uh…" he hesitated. "When we're not alone, you know, like not one-on-one, can we keep whatever this is on the down-low?"
"Being a superhero is tough, being labeled as gay would make it tougher." I responded.
"I guess, but you should be a Titan before we tell anyone, especially Robin. It'll make things harder on you."
"I guess it must be fine by me then." We returned to the roof and flew to the store, him by bird and I by air. The store wasn't very crowded, but it had enough people to stare when some non-famous person flew down with a green bird. But once Beast Boy returned to his normal shape, they all realized who I must have been. We grabbed a cart and started walking around the store.
"Why don't they stare at you that much?" I asked him.
"Ah, we use this place the most for groceries. They're used to us Titans shopping around here."
"I see. It must be a bit weird when people ask for autographs."
"Nah, it's not too bad anymore. It used to be pretty crazy when we first started working. In fact," he laughed, "I thought I was such a hot shot when all the girls would come up and ask for different animals."
"Well, they don't know what they're missing." He gave me a look from the corner of his eye. "I know, but I'll probably never be able to contain the remarks." I smiled, "Not that I'd really want to."
"Asshole."
"No problem!" I said as we went to the register with our piles of food. "How do you guys pay for all of this?"
"It's a bit of an economy lesson, actually." He tried to remove my interest, but I kept staring back with an interested expression. "We save people, which in itself is very rewarding, but we have bills and living costs too. Not to mention the damages when catching bad guys." He presented his Titan card to the register when asked. "But really, it's more than that. Depending on how much damage we accidentally deal, we also provide a large number of jobs just to fix it."
"Odd. What stops you from damaging property on purpose?"
"That's something the Titans and the city regulate together." He paused to help the bagger before continuing. "If it's suspected more damage was dealt than absolutely necessary, a Titan from a different precinct will come and head up an investigation. But that rarely happens as it takes up more time and resources than just fixing the issue would."
I joined in with bagging; we had a lot of groceries to deal with. "But what if no damage comes to the city?"
"There's a bounty on most known villains if they're not in jail, and whichever city they're captured in the city gets the bounty."
"The city gets it?" I had gotten lost somewhere, I'm sure.
"Yeah, superheroes don't deal directly with money." We both exited the supermarket, most of the bags in hand with a few floating around me. "This is a lot easier to carry with you around."
"What about those with secret identities?"
"Ah, then they could, but their hero persona wouldn't."
"So then how did you just afford groceries now?"
"I didn't. The system recognizes certain inputs, for us in Jump City it's our access cards, for others it's mere verification of working in a specific organization, and authorizes us to take that which we need in order to keep providing services to the city." He changed into a pterodactyl, grabbing the bags in his talons. And then we took off, flying back to the tower.
We returned to the kitchen, still in mostly pristine condition. Some dishes were left drying, but at least they are clean.
"What's on the menu?"
"I was going to cook something with tofu, teach you how to cook it."
"You sure?" I asked poking the packaging it came in. "Looks pretty sickening to me."
"Yeah, just need to-" He was straining to open it when his communicator made a noise. "Damn it, training session."
"Bring Gem." Robin's voice came.
"But we haven't eaten."
"Doesn't matter," he quickly placed the tofu back, "As Robin says: Titans always need to be able to fight."
"Alright, time to practice… How do you guys practice?"
"You'll see." He said, bringing me with him up the lift. After a card swipe, we entered a large rectangular room with what appeared to be circuitry running throughout the walls, floor, and ceiling.
"Ah, you're here. This is our danger room, where we sometimes train and potential heroes are tested. Here you will fight programmed enemies and encounter different scenarios. They will be controlled from up in the control room, there." He pointed to a large section of the wall that must have been a dark tinted glass. "The first round will be simple combat against dummies; the point is to figure out just what you can do." With that Beast Boy and Robin went through a door that I didn't notice until now.
"So... What do I do?" I asked, moving around the room after they left.
"Engage Combat One. Just hit, incapacitate, maim, or destroy the dummies, they won't fight back." As soon as Robin finished his sentence, the room hummed with energy. The walls disappeared and the floor became a forest green. Blue and red colored humanoid shapes popped up all over, some moving towards me and others not moving at all. I danced through them, landing blows while moving. I didn't touch my powers while doing this, trusting my body to fight. And so it did, the dummies were easily damaged and would've been severely hurt if they were human. Just as they appeared, they disappeared.
"Engage Combat Two. Evade and block." Raven's voice appeared. Again, the blue and red figures came, but this time they moved at me. Avoiding them was easy; none of them seemed to have particular training.
"Part Two, intermediate maneuvers." Her voice came back. It startled me for a moment and I hesitated long enough to almost get hit.
"Close!" I yelled, carrying on with the exercise. It was just as easy as the other one, they were slightly faster but I had no need to use my powers again.
"Advanced maneuvers, engage powers." Cyborg's voice came. This time I had to work and my body could feel the wear. I was blocking more than evading, but I was hoping to get past this level without using my powers. Suddenly, however, there were figures that were flying, had blasts, and could move very quickly. I think there were other figures that could do other things, but I was focused on not getting hit. This went on longer than the other two rounds, but I wouldn't give up.
"Expert maneuvers, engage powers."
"But if he gets-" Robin gave the command and Beast Boy was trying to argue when the speaker cut out. Immediately things got extremely difficult. There were all sorts of powers and there were figures that imitated the Titans' powers. As soon as an extremely fast one came into the fray, I used my powers. I stayed low to the ground to keep the distance between me and any flying enemies at the maximum. But I skated just above the ground, moving as fast as I could around the room.
As the time went on, more figures were added. A couple seemed to know various styles of fighting and I didn't stand a chance in direct battle while others used ranged projectiles and could fly. I eventually got hit, I don't exactly remember from where or what, but the blow was enough to fling me back twenty feet and I landed on my back, ripping my shirt and the pants I was wearing.
"Disengage!" Came the command as soon as I was hit away. "Three minutes, next test."
I stood up, tired and hurting from that last hit. There wasn't much I could do, so I waited in silence. The three minutes ticked by slowly, so I sat and waited. I hoped that they didn't have an expert mode for whatever was coming next.
"Engage Combat Three, advanced maneuvers." Starfire sent this command, and the figures came. I started using my powers right away, but conservatively in order to preserve energy for what I assumed was coming. Blasting figures back, avoiding others, and using air to enhance punches and kicks for that extra 'oomph.' I fought for at least five minutes and during that time I was almost hit numerous times, but I just barely dodged or blocked in order to keep fighting. But I was getting slower and slower as the time continued.
"Expert maneuvers, engage." It was Beast Boy's voice, but it sounded like he just lost an argument. I flung off the torn shirt, it wasn't going to do much anyway, and of course, the figures responded as they turned up the difficulty. I flew along the ground again, kicking, punching, and dodging. I was fine against the ones in melee; occasionally a lighter attack got through, but since I was also on offense it wasn't too difficult. All it took was a good blast and the right timing to take them out. But against the ranged, I could only dodge. Maybe a minute into the drill I remembered about the first night on the roof, when I put up the barrier. I flew higher and quickly did the motions that I did that night. Just as I did, the barrier flew up around me. I kept it about fifteen feet away, but I was encircled by it. I saw the figures jump up to hit me or blast me out of the sky, but as each on hit the barrier it didn't seem to get phased.
I took the seconds I had to breathe. It had been a tiring time in this room and I wasn't sure how much more I had to do. I tried to see if I could move the barrier, and I could, so I tried flying around with it. As none of the blasts seem to come through the barrier, I started out slowly. As I grew more confident, I flew fast and faster, focusing on the flying figures that could attack from ranged. Eventually I flew lower to the ground in order to wipe out some land units that would try to attack as well. But then something happened. The figures that were close stopped and appeared to ready ranged attacks and shortly they all attacked at the same time, blasts impacting the barrier together. The barrier broke and the collected explosion with a few off-timed strikes blew me back. For some reason, nothing came up and attacked right away.
Until I saw something in the distance. There was a black figure in the back readying some sort of large weapon. I tried to throw blasts at it, but there was no way to stop it from releasing what appeared to be a missile. I threw blasts at it, trying to make it explode, focused a barrier into a wall that it hit, but smashed through in one piece. I had given up, and hoped they would end the simulation. I wiped the sweat of my brow and flicked it to the ground. However, I also flicked a line of air. It made a gash in the changed ground that looked like I tried to slice it with a sword.
I did it a few more times, flying farther and farther away from the missile before testing this new ability on it. I summoned all I could and flung two slices of air at it, falling to the ground exhausted. I watched as the projectiles neared each other and came closer and closer until impact. But there was no impact, just the missile flying straight through the slices. I couldn't give up, I couldn't die here. Not when I had just felt a real connection with someone else. I took all the air around me and created a tunnel of the fasting moving winds that I could they blasted at the missile, trying to slow it down or move it off course. But nothing would stop it and nothing would stop me. I did everything I could think of against the missile. I continued the air with my breath, punched it with the other, and sliced it with my other. Nothing would stop me. Except for the missile, which showed no sign of slowing as it came into my face an-
"Test terminated." The voice was computerized and seemed to be coming from the missile. I kneeled down and felt half dead. The door to the watching chamber opened and in trotted the Titans.
"But I've never seen readings like this! Not even Raven has put up a barrier for that long on expert maneuvers!" Cyborg was holding sheets of paper, staring at them.
"True, our new friend's control was quite astounding! He even passed the defensive advanced level with using his powers!" It was Starfire's turn to chime in.
"For being new to this whole power thing," Beast Boy gave his two cents, "you have the raw power and control of a very experienced superhero."
"Yes, but as I confirmed earlier, his offensive abilities are his strongest while maneuverability comes as a close second. If he gets focused down with multiple hits in a short time, he can't withstand them very well. And if he does get hit with a single moderate hit, it will probably knock him out of battle for a few seconds." Robin was talking in a very matter-of-fact tone, but I didn't have too much energy to argue.
"What," I gasped, "what was that... was that missile thing?" I pointed to where it stopped.
"The real test." Cyborg informed me.
"The previous tests are meant to see how you will do in a fight. In fact, you did very well on the defensive course by simply evading a lot." Robin continued the explanation.
"And the first course is mainly a warm-up, gets your blood flowing." Beast Boy chimed in.
"But the missile is something everyone faces once. Those who have done this before know it is coming, so we need not face it." Starfire added.
"It is not affected by anything you do besides running away. But that will only delay the inevitable of the exam for a short while. Anything you throw,"
"Think of,"
"Do,"
"Say,"
"Or want," Raven started with Robin, Cyborg, Starfire, and Beast Boy added one by one.
"Will not matter." Raven finished their thought.
"It is so that you keep fighting until you can't stop," Beast Boy spoke, "because if you don't, your teammate's lives will be in danger."
"Did I get the job?" I asked, smiling at the five.
"Although your performance was exceptional, no, not yet." Robin stated.
"Ah, well, can I at least get a hand up?"
"Of course!" Starfire grabbed my shoulder and lifted me to my feet. "There you are!"
"Thanks." I coughed, not expecting the sudden movement or pain she caused.
"We're done for today, practice resumes tomorrow." Robin informed everyone, taking the pages from Cyborg's hands.
"So it was just to watch me?"
"Yep, and it was pretty good." Raven commented, walking out as she did so.
"Tomorrow will be more of a test though, things will be rough." Cyborg patted me on the back and then quickly grabbed my shoulder to stabilize me; I wasn't very stable after that test. "You're completely wiped, aren't you?" I nodded, not wanting to speak the words. I was embarrassed Beast Boy would be seeing me in this state, but it was inevitable with the way the test was to be performed.
"Let's go get that food we were going to cook." Beast Boy said, appearing under my arm to help me walk.
"Oh, I could slorphesh a wonderful kle'venal in order for us to have!"
"Do I want to know what she just said?" I asked meekly.
"Not really." He whispered. "That's alright Starfire, we went shopping earlier today."
"Oh, so you do not wish for kle'venal?" Starfire responded.
"No. Uh, thanks!" I tried to be as positive as I could. She walked out of the room, a smile on her face almost the same as she always had.
"How about you go to your room and shower, you've had too much happen to you today. I'll cook and if Cyborg wants to finally see what he's been missing..." Beast Boy raised his eyebrows at his friend.
"No way little man, I told you before; if there's tofu, I'm out." Cyborg commented, waving and leaving the room.
"I guess that just leaves me to shower, have fun cooking!" I shuffled, much, much more slowly than I wanted, but not able to change a thing. I moved into the hallway and next to the lift. I had had so much thrown at me that I was ready to collapse. I went to the shower, unaware that I had not taken any change of clothes, or towel, with me. I took a long, hot shower to alleviate the tension in my muscles while noting the bruises on my hands, arms, chest and legs. I ended the shower to step out and realize my mistake. I didn't have enough energy to use my powers to air dry, so I stumbled into the room really quickly to grab a towel.
"Oh Jesus!" Beast Boy exclaimed as I walked into the room. He was sitting on the bed with what appeared to be two empty bowls, a plate with a large mound of white, and a big bowl of food. There was a pungent smell of something that I couldn't put a finger on. I couldn't name the smell, but it had to be coming from the food.
"I just forgot a towel." I said; tip-toeing as quickly as I could over to the vanity where I had left the towel. "Not like you haven't seen it before."
"True, but normal people don't go parading showing everyone their dick."
"I noticed you haven't stopped watching though." I commented, drying myself nonchalantly.
"Well. I. Uh." He stammered, hand scratching the back of his head trying to think of something.
"It's alright," I had put the towel around my waist while getting closer to him, "No harm done." I pushed him back on the bed, leaned over him, and dug my arm between his back and the bed spread. "It's just a penis." I taunted him, grabbing his other green hand in mine and kissing him on the mouth. And that's where we stayed for a few minutes, spread out over half the bed, making out and not thinking of anything else. When I shifted slightly, however, I hit both of us with some wet hair and I felt something that was hard on him that I hadn't the previous night. I backed off; knowing that if we went further neither of us would be able to stop.
"Sorry for the hair." I turned a bit pink and quickly went back to the dresser and grabbed some clothes. "Be right back out."
Beast Boy sighed as I went into the bathroom to change. He knew that I stopped for both of us, so I could get into the Titans easier and he could think of something to say to his comrades. I had the towel around my neck to stop my hair from possibly dripping too much and stepped out to see a bed with one less person on it. The food, spoons, and the empty bowls were still on the bed though; I assume Beast Boy stepped out for a moment and will be back soon. His eyes never seem to leave for very long, why should he?
I lay down next to the food, stirring the bowl to try to make out what was in it. It was a brown sauce with brown-stained chunks of what must be tofu and various vegetables that were all mixed together. Sure enough, the smell in the room was coming from the sauce. I think I may actually end up liking this dish. The white mound was a pile of rice. Beast Boy returned, as I expected, but he was cupping his hand as if holding something small.
"You're back. They always come back." I joked, trying to get better look at what was in his hand.
"I came back for the food, don't get me wrong." He smiled, making a go for the food.
"That's okay. That's why I'm letting you stay."
"So you think." He gave me what was in his hand, a small white pill. "What's this?"
"Just something to help you heal." He poked some bruises as he sat down.
"Ah!" I exclaimed at the unwanted pain.
He took the bowl and put rice in it and ladled some into a bowl before handing it to me. "It's a mixture of herbs that used to be found on Tamaran and medicine from Earth. Rae and Cy both help make it while Star got some of the ingredients."
"And it won't kill me?" I looked at him sideways.
"Oh no, the poison will do that." He waved his own spoon at me.
"Oh good, I was worried!" We shared a laugh and he moved the large bowl of food to the middle of the bed and lay down next to me and it. I took the pill and swallowed it, but was sure to follow it up quickly with the mixture. It was a small spoonful, but did have a little bit of tofu. And it was full of flavor and packed a bit of heat.
"Oh my god! What is this?" I asked shoving more in my mouth than I thought possible.
"Traditionally, it's called 'Karē-Raisu,' Curry Rice, in Japan, but this isn't Japan nor traditional." He was looking at me and I got the feeling he wasn't talking just about the food. "But it's curry, a rather mild one too, and I put veggies and tofu in it." He took a multiple spoonfuls himself. "And poison!"
"The best ingredient!" I chuckled, putting more food into my mouth. It was strange; I couldn't actually stop eating this food. Soon enough we both were filling our second bowl, and we just kept eating and eating. We only stopped when there wasn't any left, setting the bowls and plate down on the ground. There was a moment of near silence as we both sighed in enjoyment. He grabbed me and pulled me close, but we were interrupted by a certain noise from his communicator.
"Ops room." Came the call from Robin.
"Guess that means you got to go." I said, moving away to let him get up.
"Yeah," he got up, but leaned over to give me a quick kiss. "He'd probably bring you along with what we saw today, but you need your rest after that missile."
"I understand, I wouldn't be of much use right now anyway." I raised the pitch of my voice and was exceedingly overdramatic.
"Besides cleaning, I don't think you've got a use!" He chuckled, grabbing the bowls and plate.
"Well, I might as well be of use later. Leave them there, I'll get them. Go save the world."
"Damn, I guess I have to now." He waved as he walked from the room.
"Be safe." I waved back and he nodded, making a silent promise as he couldn't speak it aloud in case he couldn't fulfill it. I spent the rest of the evening in bed, day dreaming about being a Titan and being with a specific Titan. It felt as if dreams could come true here, and I thought of that as I fell asleep.
I awoke slowly, some light pouring in from the small opening in the curtains. I shifted in bed, turning on my side to escape the light with little luck. I reluctantly got up and started for the bathroom, expecting pain at every move. However, the pain and bruises seemed to be mostly gone. As long as I didn't press directly on the bruise, there was no real issue. The pill must have worked; it seemed to amplify normal healing. I had full range of motion back and felt reenergized. When I was done in the bathroom, I walked out to see the dishes sitting right in front of the bed, where I left them. I had forgotten to clean them the previous night.
I groaned, knowing that I'd be doing some more cleaning today, but quickly changed before heading down to the kitchen. I was careful not to wear anything too clingy, I'd have to go into practice again and it would sure be an issue to be wearing poorly fitted clothes for the occasion. The tower was boring with no one around. Tons of metal had to have gone into building it, but nothing really made it feel inviting.
I took the time to clean the dishes I had brought along with the dishes that had apparently piled up. I groaned in displeasure while doing it, but I'd rather have it clean now than pile up later. I grabbed an apple and a banana after I dried the dishes, Beast Boy and I made sure we had enough in order to not piss off Raven.
I decided to go walking around the tower some while eating, try to see what others are up to. I passed by the infirmary, but of course no one was there. Then the game room, ops room, kitchen/dining room again, and finally, the gym. There I found Robin, diligently working away.
"Came to work out before practice?" He asked, looking at me while doing some chin-ups. He was half naked and I was trying desperately to not watch his workout.
"Nah, just wandering around. It gets a bit boring here." I took a bite of my apple, making sure to not get juice on any equipment.
"There's usually at least four or five of us here, so I've never really noticed it."
"I feel that we're in a big metal cage, and that cage is designed to keep us apart."
"Never thought of it that way, but I still don't see it."
"Ah, to each their own." I was munching on the apple still. "When," I paused to swallow a large chunk of apple, "When is the course starting?"
"I was actually thinking of starting it soon so everyone could have more of a day off than yesterday." He explained.
"Alright, sounds nice. What about if" Sure enough, as I was about to say 'an alert on the communicator comes up,' Robin's went off.
"Well, this is our practice for today I guess. You're with us." He dropped the dumbbells and grabbed the rest of his uniform and ran out ahead of me.
I followed him up to the ops room, a place I have not been allowed entry to before. It was larger than I expected, probably because it appears to be used as a common room as well. There was a large display at one end with three titans already sitting by the front screen, Robin standing in front. Being a leader must have its perks, but standing for briefings would probably become a pain. I sat down with ample space between myself and the other three. The only one missing was the green one.
"Quick overview. Billy numerous has somehow escaped prison and he's robbed the Bank of Pérez. Let's go." Everyone had gotten up and quickly moved to the roof. Beast Boy arrived just a moment after everyone else.
"Seriously BB, we're going to get you a map." Cyborg chuckled, making fun of his friend.
"Yeah, yeah." He turned into a hawk, and started flying towards the city. Soon Raven had Cyborg in some black power, and they were off. Starfire had grabbed Robin by the waist and I followed the five, all flying towards the center of the city. It took then a minute, each of us flying at near full speed. It wasn't long before we reached the bank, however there was a swarm of red coming out of it. Looking again, it must have been one person multiplied over and over.
"So that's Billy Numerous. What a stupid name." I commented, slowing down above the bank.
"Block his paths; we can't let him get away. Gem, you get any stragglers." Robin ordered, soon each Titan had a street that led away from the bank. Robin was using light explosives and his combat prowess to keep a lot at bay. Raven was continually pushing back wave after wave of clones with large black sheets of her powers. Starfire and Cyborg were blasting and punching while Beast Boy was changing into a myriad of animals in order to keep up with the high demand of multiples coming into his area.
At once I noticed a large stack of multiples climbing higher and higher towards the top of the buildings. Guess this is where I shine. I thought as I pushed and pulled towers and towers of clones away from buildings. It looked like everything was going well; all of his clones were being maintained. But I couldn't put my finger on something that was seemed off. I kept my distance from Billy, but continued my work. I flew over to Raven who just finished thrust another wave back.
"Something is off."
"I know what you mean." She spat, getting ready for another sheet in a few second. "They just keep trying to escape, but with nowhere to go."
"Yeah," I pulled two more towers down. "This is a bank heist, right?"
"The aftermath of one." She took a sharp breath in realizing what it meant. "That means-"
"Where's the money?" I finished our thought.
"Take this road for a second; I need to talk to Robin." I diverted attention from the towers to the waves of Billy's coming at me. I landed amidst a few clones, and proceeded to grab their collars and fling them over my shoulders. Soon, the rest that were past me were back near the bank. I punched, flung, ducked, air-blasted, and placed a few barriers before Raven came back.
"We're heading into the Bank, ignore these ones and look for the main Billy." She instructed.
"Which one is the main one?"
"The one giving orders the most and arguing with some clones. He should also have the money, which none of these appear to have."
"Good to hear." We flew off over the many Billy duplicated to get to the bank, there we met the others near the bank.
"We haven't seen any of them with money, let's go in." Robin commanded, oddly enough since that was the plan anyway. We fought our way in, few of the clones resisted with most of them just trying to run outward. As we reached the vault, it was obvious the problem that we had getting the money. There was a large hole in the side of the vault leading to somewhere that was exceedingly smelly.
"The sewers, let's go." Robin was curt. It was very obnoxious while on missions, him constantly barking at us. Sure enough, everyone filed into it, covering their mouths as best as they could. I quickly forced a barrier up over my nose and mouth and, surprisingly, it held the stench at bay. We traversed the sewers as fast as we could, moving to catch up with Billy as soon as possible. Something was nagging at me again, but I couldn't put my finger on it. I'm sure it was nothing, I was lucky once.
We continued following something, I think Cyborg had something to track footprints or some sort of signature that he must have left behind. Running or flying, depending on the powers, for what appeared to be a mile. We found a few bills here and there but we didn't stop until we saw a bunch of red movement down in the tunnels.
"Stop pushing me."
"I can barely move with how packed we are."
"Shut up, they'll know where we are."
All of the voices were the same, it was Billy. It was odd that he didn't continue moving though.
"Stop right there Billy!" Robin shouted, always first to take control.
"You're lucky their late, you'll be getting a show anytime now."
"I'm sure it'll be a smash." The Billies retorted
"A show, the only show you'll get is the one in jail." Cyborg retorted. But of course as soon as he finished, the wall in between the groups were smashed open and in came a large, hulking, red headed male and a short, bald thing with small wings came rushing in.
"I told you it was the house on the left at the marker and not a right, you're useless!" The small one shouted in his high voice. The large one looked around at our shocked faces and quickly grunted in recognition.
"Aw Hell! I was sure they would fall for the decoys."
"They almost did, just got here."
"C'mon, let's go!" The large one grunted, and they were off soon after.
"Block 'em in, Raven!" Robin yelled, darting after them a moment after. She quickly flew in front of us to the broken down wall and muttered her words of power.
"Agh!" The large one cried, smashing into the black force field, he then started beating on it with his fists.
"Hurry up! I can't hold it forever!"
"Right!" Starfire answered for everyone. We all moved forward, Cyborg first. He rounded corner and blindly shot a bit into the hole.
"Watch it, you might hit the money!" Beast Boy called, running in as a cheetah but a large 'thud' a moment after made me believe that he wasn't a cheetah anymore.
"Stay back, don't let them through." He ordered me, thinking I wouldn't be a team player. But I did as I was told; I waited at the entrance of the hole, watching the team work their magic on the three bad guys. However it wasn't going so well. It appears Beast Boy had hit the wall too hard and was currently trying to get his gorilla arm out of the wall. The small, ugly thing on wings that was zooming around threw something towards him and he quickly shifted into an armadillo and rolled up into a ball. Next thing that happened was a large explosion, and he was on the ground.
"Beast Boy!" I called out, but the bomb wasn't just an explosive. Soon the whole basement area was full of smoke. More noises of explosions thuds came from inside the room. Raven grunted, as the sound of pounding on glass came from the room.
"Stop standing around!" Raven scolded.
"Shit!" I summoned the power I could, and blew the smoke out of the room, making sure to have the wind more forcefully enter than exit.
"What the hell?"
"Smells like shit!"
"Who crapped?" The Billies exclaimed. As the room was revealed, Raven and I could see that the four Titans were on the ground, Cyborg and Beast Boy apparently unconscious and Robin and Starfire bolted to the wall. As the small thing readied a gun towards me, he and Billy stopped and stared. Oddly, they were all wearing small gas masks and goggles.
"Uh, Mammoth?" The annoyingly high voice came as he kicked back to hit the large man's leg. "Look." Soon they all stood staring at me, just watching what I'd do. I stepped forward slowly, and they responded with a step back. I continued until they were against the black barrier.
"So… what're you going to do?" I asked, feigning that I recognized them. The Billies dropped the sacks of money, the short one went to some on-his-arm computer and soon Robin and Starfire were freed, and the one that must have been Mammoth fell to his knees. Robin was on them in an instant, cuffing and placing weird wristbands on them. As he finished, I noticed Starfire was at Cyborg's side, so I moved to Beast Boy.
He appeared to be breathing, but it was shallow breaths. I wasn't sure if he could hear me and he was starting to convulse everywhere. Cyborg was doing the same, but I didn't care too much about him.
"Come on." I muttered but a few seconds passed without any changes, "You!" I pointed at the short one. "What's wrong with him?" He shook a little, but he didn't answer. "Don't make me hurt you." I sneered, ignoring the strange looks I was getting from the moving Titans.
"Poison, from the bomb. It will affect these two as well in a bit." His voice only seemed to rise higher in his fear. I just continued to scowl at him, wanting him to spill everything. "Antidote is in my pack, lower left on the back, there's a button; it opens a small pouch with vials in it!"
"If you're lying…"
"I wouldn't I swear!" Robin clicked the button and grabbed four vials and gave one to me and kept the others for his teammates. I moved to Beast Boy and cradled his head while pouring the serum down his throat. I never once broke eye contact with him, hoping that just looking would make it better. He coughed soon and the convulsions stopped.
"Good, now I won't have to hurt you." I stared at the small squirming thing.
"Starfire, go with Gem back to the tower with Beast Boy and Cyborg. Raven and I will turn these guys in and inform them of the problems with the sewers." He gave me a look that I couldn't place. It was somewhere between a scowl and gratitude, but it scared me a bit.
We all went up through the building Raven, Robin, and the villains first. Starfire moved to pick up Cyborg, but I stopped her just before she could.
"Let me." I said, using the winds to lift both of them off of the ground. We moved up the stairs and out the door to the street. Here she took a deep breath in and I removed the small barrier from across my face, glad to be out of the sewers. Then we took off, in silence, flying to the tower. The tension was palpable, Starfire was completely silent. But that was alright as I took both of our charges to the tower, watching the green body rise and fall gently with each breath.
Writing, fun! Got the inspiration to write back. Muses, you are fickle beings.