DISCLAIMER: I don't own Teen Titans. Really, I don't. i am telling the truth.

CHAPTER 5

SUNGLASSES AT NIGHT

Kole heard everything. She felt so bad for Beast Boy. He didn't need to be treated so badly by the person whom he loved. That was so evil. She was betting that it took a lot for him to not break out in tears when he was possibly thrown against a wall and told the undeniable truth he'd not come to accept. If she was treated that way by Raven she would've been in tears.

When Beast Boy came back into the room she saw that he had a lousy look on his face, his cheeks were flushed, and he was rubbing the back of his head. She ran over to him and brought him over to the bed and they sat down.

"Beast Boy," she inspected the back of his head, "do you wanna go out for some ice cream?"

The shapeshifter smiled and nodded. "Yeah, if it stops this throbbing pain in the back of my head."

Kole smiled at him quirkily and hit him in the chest.

"Ow, what was that for?" He asked in pain, now rubbing his chest "Raven, now you?"

"Oh, sorry Beast Boy," she said apologetically, "I thought that if you were in pain somewhere else, your head wouldn't hurt so much anymore."

He shook his and shrugged nonchalantly still rubbing at his chest. "It's alright, I've felt worse."

"I am still sorry," she hugged him briefly and patted his hand. "I don't like being in pain."

He nodded understandingly as they both sat in a comfortable silence for a bit. After a minute Kole then asked, "Do you have your holo-ring?"

"Yeah, it's over at my dresser."

Kole stood up and walked to the dresser retrieving the ring and then gave it to him. When she pulled out her holographic that was imbedded with crystals she walked inside the closet, shut the closet door and put the ring on. She forgot to bring her normal civilian clothes so she had to ask Beast Boy if he could maybe ask Starfire or Raven for some.

At first Beast Boy seemed wary of the idea but he still obliged to ask Starfire for some. Not Raven.

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Beast Boy walked to Starfire's room rather slowly as he thought up ways to ask her in the simplest way if he could borrow some of her clothes. When he got to her bedroom door he thought up the best way.

After he knocked about two knocks on the door he was greeted by Starfire.

"Hello, Beast Boy! What brings you here?"

Sweat dripped a little from his head but he still managed to look calm. "Um, Starfire I am playing dress up with Silkie and I was wondering if I could borrow some clothes from you. Can I?"

Starfire nodded frantically, "of course, of course! Pick what you please? But if you don't mind me asking, can I join in the game of dress up with you and Silkie, please?"

"Um, uh, well..." He didn't know the best way to decline. He picked out a bright orange jumpsuit and a pair of light brown boots. He knew the alien-girl was waiting for an answer. "Well, Silkie doesn't want you to join, uh..he wanted it to be just me and him."

"Oh, okay," Starfire said a bit glumly, "well, have fun."

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"What do you want, milady?" Asked Gar to Kole, she giggled wanting to stretch the act.

"Vanilla bean would be lovely."

The blonde smiled and looked at the cashier, whom seemed agitated at the couple's antics.

"A single-dip of German chocolate on a waffle cone, please. And a single-dip of vanilla bean in a cup."

Soon after they both received their orders, they decided it wouldn't be too bad to get to know one another.

"So," said Gar, licking his ice cream, "Where ya' from?"

"I'm from Yakutsk (yah-kootsk), Russia. I lived there with my parents while we were experiencing a nuclear holocaust, which isn't brought up much today, now that I realize."

Gar shook his head.

"Never heard of it."

Kole smiled and continued speaking.

"And since my parents and I were in hiding. No one could know where we were, and my father didn't wanna die in the conditions we were in as a family. So he started thinking up many ways with his experiments since he was a scientist before the holocaust began.

"So my mother and me had to be test subjects for my father, he gave us shots each time he came up with more new antidotes."

"Do you have any marks from the shots?" Beast Boy asked curiously.

She looked at him nervously.

"No they're-re gone. There used to be some on my arms, but they went away. And the shots my father gave me was how I received my powers too.

Gar's eyes widened, almost choking on the last of his cone.

"I don't know, but in some kind of scientific way the antidotes from the shots, formed something inside me that made me receive my powers."

Now finished with his cone, Gar stared strangely at Kole.

"That's weird," he said in reverie for a moment. "I received my powers the same way..."

Kole gasped.

"You mean..."

"No!" Gar shouted, now getting her proclamation. "I wasn't forced upon it, I got it from this rare green monkey disease called sukutia. A rare green monkey while I was in africa with my parents in the jungle—alone at the time—bit me and I got real sick. My mom and dad, both scientists, were trying to save my life. So they saved me by giving me this antidote where I received the powers I have today."

"Wow."

The blonde felt relieved a little, seeing this was the first time he ever told anyone how he got his powers. And even better, sharing it with someone who got it in the same injustable way. Matter-of-fact it felt good.

Gar tightened the hat on his head, and adjusted the sunglasses over his eyes. Kole doing the same. It was night out, almost midnight and there were people still out; either getting last minutes things or with friends going to parties to have a good time. However crime was lurking from the street walls, and it was going to come jumping out any second from now.

"You're sure he was here?" Gar asked, inspecting the vacant ally.

"Yes I'm sure."

Kole was sure the man was there. She saw him with her own two eyes; brown coat, dark green corduroy pants, and he held some sorta lethal weapon in his hands. Something, she knew, wasn't so great.

After they had left the ice cream shop, the two fellow Titans both agreed to do a little patrolling for the boy wonder around the city. Although he didn't know it yet. Soon as they started Kole suggested a disguise could work, being dressed as ordinary citizens wasn't going to do the job. Stopping at a nearby store, they grabbed hats and glasses dawning their identities.

Right now the duo was inspecting the mysterious alley walls that the appointed criminal could be in. Earlier today he was know for stealing medicine from the local pharmacy uptown and the guy wasn't an addict, it was for something bigger he was creating, illegal. But the fellow titans didn't know that basic information. All they knew was the appearance the guy had and what he was holding. Early accounts of a broken in pharmacy was nothing familiar to their great knowledge.

The two decided to part ways for a bit, seeing if looking in different directions would help.

'What is the Dude doing, anyway? Drug trafficking, maybe? Mmm... Holding weapons for someone? What how about he is in the mafia. Awesome, yeah that's it. You're awesome Gar, plain awesome. No, super awe-'

At that moment Gar's senses perceived the jumping that was about to occur. Dodging the attack, Gar ducked just in time before the person decided to maul him using a knife, it was the same guy wearing the same clothes just different weapon.

"Come on, kid. Give up the jig and let me get done with you."

The crook aiming for a punch was too late. Skillfully, the blonde boy kicked him in the head making him lose his balance. Although Gar didn't want to do it, he knew it was for the best. Second attempt of another swindle punch from the guy, Gar grabbed both of the man's arms and slammed the burly muscled man into the brick wall of a building. The man now unconscious laid flat on the ground.

Gar somewhat fatigued, inspected the man to see if he didn't hurt him too bad. And gladly after inspection, didn't. Just a few cuts and bruises here and there. The weapon wasn't with the man either—much to Gar's dismay.

Now he knew he needed to find Kole.

When he found her she was struggling with a guy—same outfit but thinner than the one Gar fought. The guy's arm was around her neck making her unable to breathe or move. He was strangling her. Gar was about to step in, until she did the unexpected. Having her hands on the guy's forearm, she was able to use it as a handle to pick her body up. then kicking the crook whom fell to the ground stiff.

Thereupon Police sirens were beginning to to crow in the background.

"We need to leave," clamored Gar grabbing Kole's hand. she nodded but before running away with him she then went back to the lanky body grabbing something from the man's coat.

The lethal weapon.

"We need this."

Gar nodded and the two quickly left the alley.

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AUTHOR'S NOTE: Well, this is the last chapter. I have to update tons more. But thank you to whoever reviewed, favorited, and followed. Please listen to Sunglasses at Night by Corey Hart, so you'll get the full effect out of this story.

Anyway, the real story begins now. Yay?

*cricket sounds*

Ok, much to my chagrin.

Reed has left the building.