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I'm back with another chapter of Wykkyd Shadows! Hope I didn't keep you all waiting, but here is the long awaited 4th chapter! Didn't really get any reviews for the last chapter, so a bit peeved, but here nevertheless!
Anywho, Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans or the characters, just the plot line. Seriously, I don't own them.
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LAST TIME
"Wait..." See-More said after a long pause. His brow - for his visor conformed to facial expressions - furrowed as he hesitated in what he was about to say, and his eye showed a large bold Question Mark. "But that's a..."
NOW
"A library?!" he questioned, turning his Question Mark eye on Gizmo. Mammoth seemed utterly confused, and the Billy's were in an outrage.
"Ye wan' us ta rob a frig'n' ly-brare-y?" The seated Billy shouted at Gizmo, backed up by a couple of his clones. The hay he had been chewing had fallen out of his mouth as he continued to shout at the small gadgeteer. "We ar' villains! Whut ar' ya thinkun? 'Ow is robbin' a lybrarey uh heist?!"
See-More just looked on with confusion, which was mirrored in Mammoth's as well, though he seemed a little put off by needing to go to a library. Mammoth didn't really like libraries, the people there were mean, it was way too quiet, and people kept 'shushing' him. Kyd was non-plussed.
"Shut up!" Gizmo shouted back. "You haven't even heard the entire plan, snot wads!"
"Bu' uh lybrarey?" Billy persisted. The other Billy's had their arms crossed, frowns on their faces, staring daggers at Gizmo. "I's uh waste of our tahm!"
"Listen to the entire plan, idiot! And it totally is a heist! So stuff it and listen!" Gizmo roared, forcing Billy into submission. Billy backed down from the fury of the tiny gadgeteer, grumbling to himself, his duplicates began to merge back into himself as he sat, an angry pout evident on his partially concealed face. Gizmo turned back to the group. "Now, where were we?"
"You were about to tell us what the plan was, and what we are stealing." See-More offered.
"Right," Gizmo affirmed, and more robotic limbs extended from his harness, such that it was a wonder how the young inventor managed to control all their motions. 8 different robotic limbs with various joints and motions in completely different places carrying small figurines of some sort. When the robotic limbs lifted, the gathered villains found tiny miniature painted figurines upon the blueprint schematics Gizmo had laid out. Mammoth picked on up carefully, for they were about as wide as his massive meaty fingers.
"What are these?" the powerhouse wondered, looking at the figurine curiously under the light. It was tiny, and in the shape of a hulking man dressed in furs and a lion pet clutching a massive double headed axe. The man appeared to be light green and brown and seemed to have some tusks.
"That's you." Gizmo answered curtly.
"Huh?"
"That's. You."
"But I'm not green! And I don't have an axe!" Mammoth protested. "I mean, haven't stolen one yet..."
"No, you stinkin'..." Gizmo groaned, palm inadvertently going to his face from having to deal with Mammoth's denseness. "It represents you. In the plan, it represents where you will be. Now gimme that." A robotic limb extended from the harness once more, and snatched the figurine out of Mammoth's hands, and plopping it on the table right next to the wall of the library on the blueprints.
"Hey!" Mammoth said in protest, but was ignored, much to his irritation.
"So, what are we stealin'?" See-More questioned, leaning towards Gizmo as his eye filtered in several variations of Question Marks in various colors and fonts and styles.
"Yeah, wha's tha prize?" Billy seconded.
Gizmo gave them all an evil smile. With the only illumination in the room from the sole light hanging from the ceiling, his smile appeared almost supernatural, glittering with malevolence and mischief. It was wicked enough to make all four hardened criminals to shiver, as the gadgeteer exuded an aura that made them want to run and flee. But they were rooted to the spot in their chairs, and could only wait and hear out the sinister plot Gizmo had constructed, and hope that they would get through this one for once.
"I don't see the point of this," the calm, steady, near emotionless voice of the sorceress spoke over the communicator. On the other end, she could hear a sigh.
"Me neither, but we do owe the city, and the mayor made the request." Cyborg answered. The robotic teen seemed rather tired. Robin had been working them all to the bone, going on extra patrols, staying up searching the city and wilderness, looking for Starfire. "Look, you only need to be there tonight. It can't be that bad."
Raven had to agree. Spending a night in this place was not a terrible thing. It would be nice and quiet, and she would be surrounded by tons of 'distractions'. It was like a paid vacation. She would be on the job, technically, guarding the place, but she had free reign and could spend a lot of her time just browsing. But, there was also Starfire to consider. Robin had become a little obsessed with putting down crime quickly lately, and seemed to always have the team searching for Starfire. He had even put out an alert to the other Titans and the honorary members to be on the lookout for her. The search was pretty much endless, and Raven feared it would consume him.
"I should be out there helping you find her. Sooner we find her and get her home, sooner things will get back to normal," she sighed. There was a pause on the other end, as Cyborg seemed to be shaking his head in defeat.
"I dunno Rae, we've tried her communicator, but it's jammed. We're just looking for her the old fashioned way now."
"But I could..."
"Your spells didn't work. Ya said it yourself, you tried every one." Cyborg cut her off.
"She was shielded somehow! I just need to figure out a way to..." Raven pleaded.
"Well, figure it out while you're there. Titans are spread thin as it is, and we have our duties. Don't forget that." Cyborg said sagely, yawning slightly as he signed off. "Cyborg out". The communication went dead and fizzled out. Raven sighed to herself as she slipped it back into cloak, and looked about the dark building she was now in, and tasked with guarding.
A library.
It had started with a call from the mayor. Robin was out, as usual these days, so Cyborg had taken the call. The Justice League was apparently busy, and the mayor wanted some extra protection for a library just outside the city, though still within Jump City limits. A rather sizable stucco building in a modern artistic structure that housed several thousand books of all sorts. So Raven was tasked with looking after the library. Sure, there would be officers from Jump City's own task force there ro help, but the mayor had wanted extra protection for whatever reason, for this one night. It made little sense, but for some reason, the mayor was worried about tonight, given the presence of armed guards in an empty library. Well, empty save for Raven.
Raven glided through the aisles of books, eventually finding a section she liked, and began looking through some of the books. Eventually finding one she liked, she took it off the shelf, and levitated over to a sitting area with a bunch of fluffy bean bags and comfy chairs in an organized circle of sorts about a massive colorful rug with various cut out standing posters of cartoon characters and silly animals. Harrumphing at the decor, Raven crossed her legs as she hovered just inches above one of the chairs, and opened the book on her lap, immersing herself in the book. She could never have done this back at the tower, what with Robin breathing down all their necks to work and Beast Boy's various annoyances. Plus, she could never have read these kind of books where her friends might find her, it was too embarrassing. But here, in this empty library with some guards on the outside, alone with no distractions, she could indulge herself.
'Besides, it was just the mayor's paranoia,' she figured in thought. 'Nothing should happen, so I can indulge in a guilty pleasure.'
So Raven poured over the book she couldn't ever bring herself to read in e proximity of her friends, a rather racy romance story with vampires and werewolves and magic, and various other angst, behind adult scenes of various sorts. She blushed slightly at times as she read, unaware of what she was truly supposed to be guarding.
"You have to be kiddin' me," See-More exclaimed when Gizmo revealed what the 'prize' was.
"No joke, chum, it's the mother-load." Gizmo said, rubbing his hands together evilly. The rest of the gathered villains all had their mouths agape, staring at the schematics in shock as they learned what they were going after. Upon all their faces was one of shock and disbelief.
"Tha's... tha's in uh...uh lybrary!?" Billy stammered, unable to believe his ears.
"They thought it would be the last place anyone would look for it, but there is no doubt. It's there, but we only have tomorrow night before it is moved and we lose our chance." Gizmo explained, his sinister glare seemingly plastered on his small face.
"Then what are we waiting for?!" Mammoth roared as he stood from his tiny chair, which creaked as its burden was removed, slamming a massive fist into his palm with a resounding *wham!* "Let's go 'n get it!"
Suddenly there was a hand on his shoulder, pulling at him to stay down. Mammoth looked to his left to see Kyd's gloved hand on his shoulder, cowled head shaking to say no.
"Whad'dya mean, no?" Mammoth said, confused.
Kyd sweeped his other hand towards the table, gesturing towards the schematics, and the miniature of the monster wielding the ax. He then pointed at the drawing of the library, before tapping his temple a few times. Then he lifted his hand off of Mammoth's shoulder, sweeping his arms to indicate them all, and then sat down.
"Kyd's right. If that really is there, it'll be guarded. We can't just go in there blind. We need a plan." See-More nodded at Kyd with understanding as Mammoth sat down in his tiny chair with a harumph, arms crossed that he wouldn't get to hit things yet. His chair groaned as the weight returned, and threatened to break under his massive form.
"And I have just the plan. Here it is..." Gizmo deviously smiled, hands still rubbing together as several robotic limbs began to protrude from his backpack harness, carrying various objects and items that were placed upon the schematics and moved about, adjusting and showing the HIVE villains his master plan.
Raven giggled slightly as the book came to a rather racy scene where the heroine was just about to enter the room of a boy who had a crush on her, who Raven was rooting for. It was almost imperceptible, as she read how the girl was entering the boy's room, Raven heard a sound from behind her. Snapping the book shut in a rush, she dropped the book, blushing furiously, head whipping around to see who was behind her. To her surprise, no one was there. Face heating up from embarrassment, which was followed by a sigh of relief that no one had seen her so embarrassed. She sat back down on the comfy chair, and picked up the book, trying to remember what page she was one when she heard the noise again, but this time, it was somewhere else.
"What's going on?" she wondered aloud, standing up with the book in hand as she turned her head trying to figure out what in the world was making those sounds.
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