I made it to ch. 10. Yay! I still do not own the Teen Titans. Hope you like it, and please R&R :)
Chapter 10: After Diner Disaster
"Guys what is going on here? We are supposed to be having fun not trashing our clothes in a silly food fight. A food fight that is turning into a real fight…Robin, Bee, Rave, any ideas" Cyborg asked after ducking his head from flying ice cream and chunks of pie. The girls shook their heads until Starfire put her hands in front of the bickering boys; hands glowing and sighed.
"Friends must we fight? This is supposed to be a night of celebration and relaxing. Now because of misused and misspoken words you have damaged your formal wear, made a mess of our table, and embarrassed all your friends. What do you have to say for yourself?"
Beast boy growled again before getting out of his chair; jerking his head to the nearest door, and storming out the room. The waiters came in a rush to apologize; not to worry about the mess which Menos and Mas were already trying to clean up. Raven shuddered the hostility coming off those two was like a thick cloud. If the wrong word was said it would turn into a fight. After packing up the rest of their dinner and dessert for home; the Titans rushed outside.
Speedy had his bow and arrows ready and Beast boy was a grizzly bear. Hurt by the turn of events Terra attempted to get to the bottom of this by asking questions however they fell on deaf ears. Robin pulled out his metal staff; twirling it once hoping with all his might to avoid a fight. Cyborg, Bumblebee, and Aqua lad stood in front of Speedy, while Robin, Star, and Raven stood in front of Beast boy. Menos, Mas, Blackfire and Terra watched from the sidelines.
"Starfire you asked me what do I have to say for myself? Well, it would be this I refuse to allow this witch to deceive my good friends and I girl I still care a lot about. Even if I think her new boyfriend is not good enough for her. So why don't you tell us B.F what it is you want. I'm sure we can be accommodating within reason of course." Blackfire shook her head back and forth. She did not want to believe what she thought Speedy was saying was true. She knew it was not but if they believed him she may never make things right with Star ever again, oh and Terra would never forgive her either.
"I don't know what you're thinking Senior Speedy, but you sound very loco. Can we please talk about this as amigos? Before someone gets hurt."
Speedy did not look like he was in the mood for talking. Ignoring everyone's protests and suggestions he fired two arrows: one headed for Blackfire and the other for Beast boy. Before either arrow hit its targets a purple gust of wind blocked each. Then a burst of red (confidence), red-violet (intuition), brown (responsibility) and silver (sincerity) surrounded them. When the mini-tornado disappeared stood a girl who was familiar and yet not familiar. Her short light pink hair and hazel blue-violet rimmed eyes with a mischievous light is recognizable.
However had her skin always been so dark? She looked as if she spent too much time in the sun and yet it looked natural somehow, but how could no one have noticed her darker skin? Her outfit looked just like Terra's when she was with Slade, but this one had light pink and silver mixed in. Speedy launched a heat seeking arrow at her which she did not dodge. He expected to see a charred suit but instead he saw a thin bright colored chain attached to the end of a metal ball. His heat seeking arrow came streaming past his head before she flicked her wrist; caused a burst of brown air to send it off course; before shredding it in a gust of off-white (currently annoyed).
"You know I was all set to observe your dinner. See if I could convince Sensei to come one day and you and your ego had to ruin everything. Thank you Speedy! Now I may never get Sensei to come! Anyway, I happened to be in the neighborhood and decided to stop by. I do not appreciate what you said about Blackfire being a witch and Terra is not going to betray anybody. I don't care if she never remembers anything; this is what she will remember and contrary to popular belief I don't want them to be bad memories. So how about we talk this over and no I did not steal anything; I really was in the neighborhood. So let's talk."
Speedy is tired of playing games and started firing arrow after arrow. Kiara with a smirk on her face taunting him all the while. Bumblebee and the rest of Titans East did not know what to think. Speedy has never acted this way, so cold, so uncaring and who in the name of pizza is this crazy gal chatting about puppets?!
"Yeah we had the same look the day we met her. We have no idea why she is so obsessed with puppets. Unfortunate for us she's Slade's new apprentice and she is crazy about him. I'm not sure if we can trust her story about being in the neighborhood, however she hasn't caused too much trouble yet," Cyborg commented wincing when an arrow got too close and blew up. Terra screamed and Blackfire dove to get her out of the way. Robin was getting ready to tell his friends to stop him from blowing up the restaurant; when a storm of arrows surrounds everyone.
"Everybody move! Move it now!" Bumblebee and Robin shout together. Beast boy gets caught in the blast as does Raven, Aqua lad, and of course Kiara. A huge whirlwind of multi-colors makes everyone gasp for breath for a moment. Raven is the first one to see through the smoke and she is stunned. Standing in the haze of smoke is a glowing rainbow girl with scarlet pupils surrounded by hazel. The whirlwind blasts all her friends away from the Cheesecake Factory; on top of buildings dazed and confused. Raven levitates to the top of a nearby building anxious for a glimpse of her friends.
A huge sigh of relief is replaced with a shocked gasp. The air is filled with pain-filled cries, shouts of anger, taunts and sharp cracks of a ball and chain followed by explosions. A loud roar filled the air when Raven saw Beast boy as a Raptor; leaping across the buildings to crash into Speedy before getting yanked back by Kiara as an ice arrow narrowly misses him.
This did not make any sense. Speedy should not be this angry. Their dinner was ruined. Customers should not be running out of the restaurant screaming in fear. The strange puppet girl shouldn't have found them. And she shouldn't be engaged in a heated battle with Speedy and Beast Boy. Now that we have considered all the things that should not be happening what are we going to do now that they are happening?
"You don't deserve her! You tofu-loving, pointy eared, no comedic talent freak! She is mine!" More arrows with various effects rain down on said green boy who dodges and charges at the bow-boy with a protective anger. The puppet-girl smirked before throwing her rainbow colored ball of metal at the wrestling boys enjoying Speedy's shriek of pain. Robin called to his team to attempt to break them up. However, this did not go as planned; in fact it got worse.
"Leave her alone! She lost her memories she doesn't remember you," Beast Boy argued but he was interrupted by gusts of wind throwing him off balance. He considered turning on the ball-and-chain wielder; until he realized this girl, Kiara, was not fighting him. In reality her multi-hued gusts of wind were blowing him out of the way, as if she was trying to help him without making it obvious she was. This whole situation was incredible in its confusion. Speedy continued to throw arrows ignoring his team-mates pleas to stop. Beast Boy recognized the scent of Raven, Terra, and Cyborg- they were the closest to him.
"This has got to stop! Speedy, Beast Boy is our friend. There is no reason to attack him" Bumblebee was interrupted when a trash can came hurtling toward her forcing her to duck. The projectile missed but it did knock the wind out of Aqua lad. Blackfire charged the enraged teen, her hands glowing purple prepared to strike. Beast Boy dragged Speedy kicking and shouting to the ground as a tiger- growling in anger. Speedy rolled a smoke bomb under him, so when it exploded Beast Boy was forced to let go. For a moment everyone thought the fight was over until they heard a scream.
Speedy had Terra in a choke hold over a building standing in front of Blackfire; frozen in ice from the neck down. Kiara was growling and hissing in rage at the boy. All the Titans froze in horror. If he dropped her there was no promise one of them could catch her before she hit the ground. Instead of dropping her he smashed his lips onto hers. Terra struggled against the kiss. Speedy was not happy with her response and kissed her deeper. Terra bit his tongue to get him to stop. Speedy's eyes glowed with rage and Kiara blew a gust of violet (friendship), red (strength) and white (negative emotions- current feeling: destruction) at the boy. The gust sliced at Speedy's clothes but he refused to let Terra go.
Blackfire felt so helpless. Kiara was surprised when the gust did not blow him off the roof and leave Terra floating on warm air. Speedy smirked before throwing another smoke bomb. Everyone was puzzled that is until they saw him with an automated crossbow in his hands. No one else could tell, but from the sour scent in the air- Kiara, Terra, Cyborg and Blackfire knew what that smell was. It was poison! Poison aimed right at Beast Boy and then Blackfire, and at last Kiara. Robin and Bumblebee were about to call out when he fired.
Beast Boy shifted into an eagle and flew out of the way; not before grabbing the end of an arrow holding it like a sword. The second arrow hit Blackfire in the stomach the melting ice spreading the poison all over her body- paralyzing her. The last arrow seemed to miss but then Kiara shrieked in pain. Raven gasped in disbelief. The arrow appeared to have missed her, so why was Kiara on her hands and knees glaring death at him? The answer came when a dark colored rainbow surrounded her and they all felt the pressure of her aura.
"What in the world is going here ya'll? Is that crazy puppet girl doing this? Raven do you have any idea what is happening?" Cyborg asked while shielding his eyes from the dust swirling around her.
"Well Cyborg do you remember what happened when I got real mad? Remember the black tendrils I used. Speedy has just pushed a girl with my possible anger issues into a corner. He is going to be in a world of hurt." The surge of wind died down leaving hazel slit eyed girl with glowing blue-violet in the background- that looked like a mix between eagle and angry cat's eyes. What had everyone speechless was the matching at least 10 foot-span wings on the back of her shoulders.
"Oh little boy you have no idea who you're dealing with." Her answering call sounded like the call of an eagle or an owl after seeing a predator about to eat one of its chicks. The wings seemed to glow in the moonlight. However, Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Speedy noticed something odd. Every now and then her wings would shift color. They had a rainbow effect, but it didn't stay that way; it looked like those backgrounds for reflective trading cards almost. The most disturbing thing Raven noticed aside from the fact her friend B.F. was still paralyzed; the color of her wings matched the faint aura surrounding her now. This aura was not pleasant and not friendly.
A quiet chuckle filled the silence afterwards then a crumbling sound was heard. Beast Boy was still a tiger and his instincts warned him-"danger to pack!" "My pack is in danger!" Kiara picked up this as well but she saw Speedy as more of an individual threat to her, so she like Beast Boy felt the need to defend herself.
"Now shall we dance?" Kiara soared into the air throwing and retracting her chain over and over again. Beast Boy's animal instincts kicked in and Speedy was soon overwhelmed. Once in awhile Robin, Aqua lad or Cyborg would try to help but discovered this only ticked them off so they had no choice but to back off. Raven and Starfire were able to get to Blackfire and Bumblebee grabbed Terra frozen in shock near the edge of the building.
"I had made a decision" Robin announced making everyone stare at him. "We have to get them out of here. We have to do it before they hurt someone. It won't be easy but we have to try. Are you with me?" Greeted with smiles he hops on the R-cycle and Cyborg jumps in the T-car. Aqua lad rides water streams, Raven and Bumblebee fly, Menos and Mas, and Star, Blackfire and Terra hop in the T-car. They speed after the fighting trio heading for…Titans Tower.