It was one of the hottest days of not just the year, but also period, as it was a scorching 103 degrees F, which hasn't happened since the year 2000. Beast Boy was currently in the form of a jackrabbit, allowing his ears to vent the heat in his body through his ears. However, even this useful animal transformation could only vent out so much, as the heat was way more intense than the average heatwave.
"Cyborg, if you don't fix that, thermostat, I'm gunna...gunna... just lie here." Beast Boy complained, needing so coldness fast, but was too hot to do anything.
"I'm working on it Beasty." Cyborg reassured his best friend, working on the circuitry. "Red wire goes here... replace green with blue wire... wait, I don't remember a purple wire being here."
"Let me." Raven came in, unable to bear the heat under her dark cloak which was making the heat even worse for her, and used her magic to fix it. Silkie, whom was laying in front of a vent hoping it would eventually turned on, and it did, finally cooling off the little larvae. After closing all the windows that could, the room within minutes went down to a cool 62 degrees. Robin soon entered the living room and saw the three other titans.
"Ah, great job getting that working again, Cyborg."
"Actually, Raven fixed it." The metallic teen corrected.
"Oh, sorry Raven. Thank you for fixing it."
"Don't mention it." Raven replied.
"Anyway, I have an exciting announcement, titans. We will be funding a new community improvement project."
"Ooo, we should totally make a community pool! I am a great doggy paddler!" Beast Boy exclaimed as he turned into a dog.
"And you know what pools mean? Pool Party, baby!" Cyborg added, pumping his fist.
"Uhh, a pool is nice, but we need to really need to help out an underserved population."
"People with disabilities? Cyborg asked.
"Inspired teen heroes?" Raven suggested.
"Homeless animals?" Beast Boy pondered.
"All great ideas, but the mayor believes that what we should fund is a senior citizen center. I'll give Mayor Lee your ideas though for him to consider next."
"A senior citizen center?" They all questioned, thinking of what could happen. Accidently drinking water with dentures in it, the elderly frequently sleeping and going face first into their food, and constant cheek pinching. They shuddered at the idea.
"Uh, are you sure you don't want to help young athletes who need new prosthetics?" Cyborg requested, hoping that would work.
"Sorry guys, but Mayor Lee wants us to help the seniors. No negotiation." The titan leader didn't budge. Starfire then entered the room, happy as sunshine as usual.
"Is not the wave of heat glorious? I have purchased a new Earth bikini on the line. Now I just need a place to use it." Seeing Starfire in skimpy swimwear greatly appealed to the Boy Wonder, but he shook his head as he compromised,
"Alright then, as soon as we finish building the senior citizen center, we're going to have a pool party!" Starfire gasped excitedly and hugged Robin.
"Joy! We must commence with the plans." She recommended as the two went out to the public.
"So Rae Rae, you going to buy a new swim suit too?" He asked Raven, whom looked slightly irritated by that question.
"Don't even think about it." After a few seconds, she slapped him in the face.
"Ow! What was that for?"
"I told you not to think about it."
"How could you know what I was thinking? You don't typically have telepathy!" Beast Boy complained.
"I could read it on your face. It's not happening." Raven stated as she floated away. The shapeshifter whined while Cyborg placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Don't worry, BB. You'll see some nice girls to oogle at when the pool party begins."
"Thanks Cy. So what are we going to do now?"
"Order pizza, of course! Can't have a party without pizza. And the thing is, they're one of those 30 minutes or its free stuff, so not only do we get tasty food, it's free!"
"Then ring them up, dude!" Beast Boy cheered as Cyborg's hand became a phone and called up Zippy Pizza's. "Hey, we need a pizza that's one half Super Meaty and half vegan pizza, please. Thank you so much." Ending the call the metallic jumped over and crashed onto the couch, saying, "And now... we... wait."
"There no way that fool getting here in 30 minutes." The green teen laughed. Hearing a doorbell ring, a camera feed opened up on the tv screen to show three old people at the front door of their tower. "I got this." Beast Boy said as he opened a window and turned into a hawk to fly down to the entrance and revert back to human on ground level. "What can I do for you?" The middle, short plump woman holding a plate of cookies answered,
"We're here to see the nice young man who's building the senior citizen center." Taking a cookie for himself and eating it, the titan replied,
"He's not here. Robin went out to oversee the project in person. But I can hold onto these cookies until I see him next." Beast Boy offered as he took the cookies.
"Oh, alright then. We trust he'll do a wonderful job. You and him are such good boys." The old woman tried pinching his cheek, but the shapeshifter leaned back out of her reach.
"Thanks. See ya." And in a hurry, he turned into a pterodactyl to safely carry the plate of cookies back to the living room floor and entered through the window.
"Yo Cy, we got cookies!"
"Then let's chow down, buddy!" The metallic titan cheered.
"They're for Robin so we'll need to leave him some."
"Alright. So, the pizza boy has left the shop, and he'll be here in about 45 minutes. What's even better, he's hitting all the red lights!" Cyborg described as he showed Beast Boy video footage throughout the city of the delivery man just having a hard time getting through traffic and other road based obstacles. However, when the timer reached up to five minutes, the pizza boy straight up disappeared.
"Wha?! Where'd he go?! Cyborg questioned incredulously.
"That ain't possible, dude!" Beast Boy agreed in both confusion and fight. Then the elevator opened behind them to show the delivery boy, including the motor bike.
"Hey pizza!"
"Wait, how did you get in? Citizens aren't allowed in the tower without clearance from us!" Cyborg asked him with concern.
"Teleportation is great when you're running late. Ensures that you deliver on time, every time, without fail."
"You have teleporting powers and you're not a hero?" Beast Boy pondered.
"Hey, not everyone who has powers needs to be a hero. They can find fulfillment in an office job or delivering pizzas. Speaking of which." He put out a hand for money. With a sigh, Cyborg produced an ATM from his chest, slipped a card in and pressed some numbers in before $15 dollars spilled out. Paying the delivery person, he nodded before teleporting back in front of their very eyes.
"Well, at least we got pizza." The green teen sighed.
Robin was looking at the blue prints of the senior center, when an old woman's voice attracted his attention.
"There you are Robin." He turned to see the three seniors that were visiting the titans tower earlier today.
"Oh, what's up?"
"All of us seniors knitted you a new suit." The short, plump woman presented a pink yarn made costume that looked like Robin's own, but had oven mitts for hands, underpants on the outside, and robin slippers for feet.
"Oh, how sweet of you all. This looks like a lot of effort was put in it." He said, looking pleased with it.
"Oh good, then it was worth every excruciatingly painful moment that took our arthritic hands to make. Robin, this senior center has given us something to look forward to aside from seeing our grandkids and death." She said, sort of sad on that last word but picked right back up as she kissed Robin on the cheek and the three walked away. When they were gone, he picked up his communicator and called someone.
"Kid Flash?"
"Yes?" The titan leader jumped and fumbled with the device to turn and see the teen speedster behind him.
"Don't sneak up on me." Robin complained.
"Sorry, I just love doing that. So, what can I do for you?"
"Can you help build this senior citizen center by the end of the day? I don't want anyone dying of natural causes before its complete."
"Done." Kid Flash said.
"Oh thank you."
"No, I mean I'm done already. Look." Looking around, Robin saw that he was inside a finished and furnished senior citizen center.
"What? When-?"
"I finished by the time you said complete. If regular Flash can learn how to create and build an apartment building by the time the fire department reaches a fire that was destroying said apartment, I can do the same too. Not sure why it took him that long though since he can go way faster." KF explained, drinking a glass of water he didn't have before.
"Oh, uh... thanks, I guess. How could I repay you for your help?"
"You could invite me to the next party you guys have." Kid Flash answered.
"Then you're in luck." Robin smiled.
At the titan tower, beach music was playing as the titans, except Raven, was enjoying the sunset and the pool in the titan's backyard as Robin and Starfire were talking, Cyborg was the DJ, and Kid Flash played with Beast Boy he created a water spout using his super speed, lifting the shapeshifter into the air.
"I am so glad the citizens of seniors were able to get the center they wanted." Starfire stated with joy.
"Yeah. Great things come from great decisions." Robin shrugged.
"Now, if you will excuse me, I need to go change." She said as she floated away to put on her swimwear, and Robin pumped his fist in excitement.
A/N: Hmm, fixing this didn't leave a lot for me to fill in in terms of humor, but I think this was an improvement of the behavior of the titans, and explains why Zippy there managed to get past the '45 minute' driving time Cyborg estimated. I hope this was good to read.
