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JazzyChick

11-19-2004, 08:00 PM

ok ya'll, this is my first fic, so go easy on me, okay? just kidding, i really want your feedback, negative or positive, so please be honest! so...yeah, here goes!

Falling Away

Ch. 1

Where’s the Pizza?

The Titans’ living room was bustling with activity. Robin was out getting pizza, but the other super powered teens were waiting impatiently for his return. Cyborg had just bought a new video game and was about to defeat Beast Boy for the third time in a row. Raven and Starfire were off in a corner of the room, talking amongst themselves about normal girl things. Music, annoying things BB had done recently, and just for Rae literature. They were sipping Raven’s favorite blend of herbal tea, Starfire had promised to try it. Star was laughing brightly and loud enough for both of them, her green eyes shining brightly, Raven even let a hint of a smile creep across her face.

Their conversation was interrupted by Cyborg’s sudden shout of, “Booyah!” after his victory over Beast Boy. He promptly began his well-rehearsed victory dance while chanting, “Go Cyborg! Go Cyborg! It’s your birthday! It’s your birthday!”

Beast Boy jumped up from the couch shouting, “Dude! That’s not possible! You cheated!”

“No I didn’t!” Cyborg yelled back bringing his victory dance to a premature end, “You’re just jealous!”

“I am not!”

“Yes you are!”

“No I’m not!” Their voices were rising in volume, making it almost impossible to hear anything else.

“YES YOU ARE!”

“ENOUGH!” Raven said, bringing their argument to a rapid end, “Some of us are trying to have an intelligent conversation.” With that she sat back down, continuing her conversation with Starfire.

The living room returned to a state of relative silence, Beast Boy storming into the kitchen muttering under his breath. Cyborg returned to his video game, trying to beat the high score Robin had set the day before. This time the silence was broken by Beast Boy complaining from the kitchen, “I’m hungry! Where’s Robin? He’s been gone for over an hour now!”

Raven returning to the kitchen, two empty mugs in her hand replied, “It’s a Friday night, there’s probably a lot of traffic and a lot of people out getting pizza.”

“But I’m hungry! My stomach’s starting to eat itself!” the changeling cried.

“That’s great BB, but it won’t get dinner here any faster.” With that, Raven refilled the tea mugs and walked back to the corner she was sharing with Star.

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Robin was frustrated. He was cold, tired, and hungry, but mostly frustrated. It had been almost an hour since he had gotten to the pizza place, the guy at the counter had messed up his order so he had to wait there for another half and hour. When he finally did get out, traffic was backed up for miles; he had been sitting at this same stop light for the last quarter of an hour! To make matters worse, he had refused Cy’s offer to use the T-car, he had wanted to take out his motorcycle and now it had stared to rain.

“Great,” the youth said to himself. All he wanted was to get the stupid pizza, which was bound to be cold by now, get it home, and eat it with his friends, and Starfire. Robin smiled at the thought of Star, his frustration forgotten for the moment. Closing his eyes, he brought up a mental image of the Tamaranian girl. Silently he explored the gentle curves of her face, the eternal depth of her eyes, the fullness of her lips. In that moment, he let the rain wash away his frustration and anger, and was alone with Starfire.

It was in that moment of contentment that the assassin chose to strike. He had been sitting in the shadows of an alleyway, waiting for the right moment to strike, and now it had come. With one, practiced and flawless movement he let fly a single tipped dart, striking the masked youth in the side. Robin let out one, almost inaudible cry as he fell the unforgiving pavement below and darkness overcame him.

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“Dude!” Beast Boy cried from the kitchen, disrupting the silence for the third time, “Where’s the pizza?”

nevermore

11-19-2004, 08:14 PM

CaligoRae

11-19-2004, 08:31 PM

I like it JC. It will get even better when u get to the later chaps. HEHEHEHE!!! I am glad the comp does not hate u anymore. Well i am working on my 3rd chap and i'm almost done so it should be up by tonight,....hopefully. well JE NE and good job

nevermore

11-19-2004, 08:46 PM

It will get better. You know you can believe me on this. (That's if you read my fanfic The Shadow) My fanfic started out terrible but when I got to chapter five, it got much better. Chapter five is without a doubt my best chapter, and that's out of twenty now. So yeah, it will definetly get better.

JazzyChick

11-19-2004, 09:06 PM

i explain the whole Raven/Starfire thing in the next chapter, and its an important scene, so bear with me, please! and thx for the feedback, and remember: be honest.

starburn1116

11-19-2004, 09:09 PM

Hi peoples!

good stuff!
good good stuff!

the only problem is that i can't see chapter two
that's about it
you will fix that won't you?
:(

Lord Welshi

11-19-2004, 09:20 PM

First off, before i begin criticising, let me make it clear that i like this, it seems very promising.

Ok, just a couple points. First off, you've dived headlong into the story a bit too quickly. The first chapter, and Robin's already been victim of an assassination attempt. I understand that this might be part of your dramatical technique: the chapter itself was excellently set out, with the events at the tower coinciding and contrasting the events in the streets. BUT as a starting chapter, i don;t think it works quite so well. We have minimal introduction, and then straight into the "oh dear, assassin, robin might be dead. Shame." For Titan's fans, this is a huge "oh no! robin! nooo!" moment, but for a passive viewer, it'smore like "oh. he's been shot or something. so." We've got nothing to tell us we should care about this character.

I know, i know, it's a FANfiction, meaning fans read it, but it's just good writing practice.

Other than that, thought, i liked it. Well described, nice interactions between Cyborg, Beast Boy and Raven, and as i say if the chapter had been a later one, it would have worked even better.

Lord Welshi

JazzyChick

11-19-2004, 09:20 PM

uhhhhh, chapter 2 is currently still in my notebook. not really sure what you're asking, but that's okay, i get confused easily (just ask CaligoRae or TeenTitansGo)

uhhhhhhhh *stares at screne in stunned silience as she reads Lord Welshi's post then runs around chanting 'Lord Welshi posted in my fic! Lord Welshi posted in my fic!* i'm honored that you liked it, and thanks for the advice. (still too stunned to think :eek: ) thx again.

CaligoRae

11-19-2004, 09:38 PM

hahahaha!!! I told you it was good. I am glad peeps like it.:p :p

Sproxie

11-19-2004, 10:22 PM

that was a good chapter, but it sorta skipped to the "Action" (or Robin getting knocked out) a bit quickly. otherwise, good job ;)

nevermore

11-19-2004, 10:54 PM

Lord Welshi has never posted on one of my fanfics.:sad: But yet, I don't know if that is bad or good. It would be good because the best writer on this forum would have posted on it, but it would be bad because it seems that he only posts to give advice. Sorry if I ruined the feeling of triumph for you.:evil:

raven54

11-20-2004, 12:55 AM

The only thing that isn't to my liking here is that Raven was talking to Star about things that she liked. I don't think that Star would really understand what Raven was talking about, but oh well.:shrug: It was good.I think they could. Star definitely isn't stupid, just a tad naive. She's empathetic (is that a word?) and would probably understand, just see it in a brighter sense, maybe. Or not... eh.

With this story: Yeah, it's moving a tad fast but it's a VERY good first attempt. The first character interactions with Cy, Rae, and BB were true to the character and added another dimension to the mix that I like. Seemingly unimportant good character interactions are the glue that holds a fic together. It's something that i have yet to master...:sweat: Aaaaaanyways, snazztastic start. Take m'Lord's advice to heart and you'll be have a great fic in no time!! (not that it isn't already great! *stuttering* oh what the heck i'm pretty sure you get what i mean:sweat: )

JazzyChick

11-20-2004, 10:10 AM

okay, thanks for all of your advice. here's chatper 2, and I'll try to take it a little slower.

Ch. 2

Miss. Sarah’s

Robin woke with a start. Quickly sitting up, he groaned at his body’s objections and lay back down onto the crisp sheets. His body felt bruised, beaten up. Like it did after most fights, but Robin didn’t remember being in a fight. Sitting up again, more slowly this time, and looked around at his surroundings. Expecting to see the familiar interior of the infirmary, the small dorm style room with its uniform white walls. The only furniture in the room was a small desk and made of cheap wood and the almost to small bed he was laying in. He swung his legs over the side of the bed, ignoring the tenderness coming from his many bruises, taking the three steps it took to reach the other end of the room. There were no windows in the room, and the door was locked.

“This defiantly isn’t the tower,” the youth said aloud, suddenly anxious. He had been in tight situations before, but he usually had the luxury of knowing at least who was holding him. Taking a few deep breaths to calm himself, Robin examined his situation, “Okay, I’ve still got my mask, my uniform, my utility belt’s gone so is my communicator. The only exit’s locked, and the vents are too small for me to fit through, and there’s nothing here I could use to send a message.” This made him feel better and gave him something to focus his thoughts on.

There was still a question Robin couldn’t answer: how had he gotten there? He sat back down on the bed, trying to remember what had happened. “I was out getting pizza, and it had taken a long time to get it, then traffic had been backed up. I was sitting on my bike, and it had stared to rain. I was thinking about Star,” a smile came back onto his face as he thought out loud, “and then…then…nothing!” he cried out in frustration. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t remember anything past that.

He brought his legs up onto the bed, sitting cross-legged. Closing his eyes again, he tried to find his center, just like Raven had taught him.

Rae had really started opening up to the team in the last few weeks. She was spending a lot of time with Starfire, Robin was glad to see the two girls on the team getting along so well. Their friendship was different than most, Star providing the emotion and Raven the calm, but it seemed to be working out all right. Of course Raven could never open up entirely to the group without risk of losing control of her powers, but it was nice to see her put her books down every once in a while.

A knock on his door brought Robin out of his meditative state. He didn’t know how long he had sat there desperately trying to remember.

“You’re welcome to come in, but the door’s locked,” he said, annoyed at the disturbance. He heard a key rattle in the door, a click, and the door opened. It revealed a young woman, probably in her late twenties or early thirties; a fake smile was plastered across her face, her voice sounded like a kindergarten teacher’s.

“Hello Robin, Miss. Sarah is glad to see that you are awake,” the woman greeted, her smile starting to become creepy.

“I’m assuming you’re Miss. Sarah?” Robin said firmly, his voice not betraying any emotion.

“Aren’t we being deductive this morning,” Robin just stared at her, “Yes, I am Miss. Sarah.”

“Where am I?” he asked sternly.

“My my, aren’t we just full of questions!”

“Where am I?” Robin asked again, his voice even more stern.

With a sigh she answered, “Miss. Sarah’s Home for Disturber Boys.”

“How did I get?”

“Now Robin, Miss. Sarah thinks that you have asked enough questions for now.”

“I could care less what Miss. Sarah thinks, how did I get here?” This lady was seriously starting to get on his nerves.

“Now Robin, when Miss. Sarah says you’ve asked enough questions, you need to stop asking them. Let’s try it again, okay? Miss. Sarah thinks that you have asked enough questions for now.”

He stared at her, dumbfounded for a long time before asking, “Are you kidding me?”

“Now now Robin, that sounded rather disrespectful, and it was another question. What did Miss. Sarah tell you about questions?”

Robin’s eye had stared involuntarily twitching, he couldn’t stand this insane woman for another minute, “First off lady, you have to earn my respect. Secondly, I will ask as many questions as I want, and you’re going to answer all of them. And thirdly, WILL YOU STOP SPEAKING IN THIRD PERSON!”

“Miss. Sarah thinks you have some unresolved anger issues that we need to deal with.” With that, she headed towards the door, key in hand.

Not giving up, he asked a third time, “How did I get here?”

As she was leaving the room, she looked back at the boy wonder saying, “Your friends the Titans sent you here.”

nevermore

11-20-2004, 10:58 AM

Wow. I usually thought that I was wierd but this is probably wierder than I get. (Not a chance) Oh well, good way to end the chapter.

Now I'm telling you this from the bottom of my heart......POST SOON OR DIE SOONER!!!!:evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

starburn1116

11-20-2004, 12:01 PM

POST SOON OR DIE SOONER!!!!:evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
oooo
that was good

very good chapter

down with miss sara!

now to add my death threat
it comes in the form of a poem
*clears throat*

roses are red
violets are purple but let's just pretend they're blue
if you don't post soon then you will be to
(blue not purple)

JazzyChick

11-20-2004, 12:06 PM

wow, death threats on my first fic :eek: I'm honored

anywho, one of my teachers talks in third person, so i thought i'd get back at her through Miss. Sarah

I'll probably have ch.3 later tonight or tomorrow morning, but computers hate me, so you never know...

Lord Welshi

11-20-2004, 12:35 PM

That chapter was good. I quite liked how you got Robin logically thinking through his options in the room. and miss sarah is perfect, a pedantic, condesending person who has such a high opinion of themselves that they insist on talking in the third person and treating anyone else as an inferior.

Am i right about her? heh

Lord Welshi

Sproxie

11-20-2004, 01:14 PM

Wow, that was a very good chapter! and Miss Sarah is REALLY starting to freak me out...
please post soon!

JazzyChick

11-20-2004, 03:22 PM

okay, just so you guys know, when i started this story it was supposed to be funny, but its more serious than i planned it to be. most of the chapters involving Robin will be not so serious, but this ch. deals with the other Titans, so uhh, tell me what you think!

Ch. 3

Missing

The sun was rising over the horizon, casting rays of light upon the Titans tower. Four youths dragged themselves through the front door, not a word spoken between them. Too tired for even Beast Boy to crack a joke, they made their way to their rooms. Each fell into a deep, dreamless sleep, everyone too tired to do anything else.

They had been out all night looking for Robin. After he had been gone two hours, they had started to get worried. When they tried to raise him on his communicator, only static answered their desperate hails. Searching the city in pairs, they had found his motorcycle and helmet: abandoned. Robin loved his bike; he would never just leave it on the side of the road with out a really good reason. It was in a fairly busy part of town, with several shops that had a good view of the street. There were plenty leads to follow, but not until they had gotten a few hours of sleep and something to eat.

Everyone woke by ten the next morning, still exhausted but too worried about Robin to notice it. The met at the breakfast table, planning and reviewing what they had learned all while stuffing themselves.

Cyborg stepped up as temporary leader of the group by opening their discussion saying, “Okay, let’s compare notes from last night. Rae, what’d you and BB find?”

Beast Boy jumped in before she could answer, “After we found Robin’s bike, we checked out the stores nearby, asking if anyone had seen anything.”

Raven stared at him for a while before adding, “I grabbed tapes from all the security cameras that had a view of the street.”

“Me and Star didn’t find much,” Cyborg began, “We followed his locator signal to the edge of the city. It was lying by the side of the road.” He angrily stared off into space, composing himself before continuing, “Okay, Best Boy tell us what the store owners saw.”

“Well I talked to a lot of people, and most of them didn’t see any of it, but then there…” the changeling began.

“BEAST BOY! Just tell us the relevant information!”Cyborg snapped at his friend.

“Okay dude, chill. I talked to this one guy who saw everything. He said eh saw Robin waiting at the stoplight for like fifteen minutes and then, just after it had started raining, he fell off his bike. Like he had passed out or something. He said robin had just laid on the ground, not moving until this other guy ran up to him. The other guy pulled Robin out of the street, and he looked like he was checking him out. You know, like seeing if he was okay, well except for the whole being unconscious part. That’s all the guy saw.” Best Boy informed them.

No one said anything for a while, mostly because they were trying to figure out exactly what Beast Boy had said. Raven broke the silence by turning to Starfire and asking, “Star, has Robin said anything to you about not feeling well, or anything that might explain him passing out for no apparent reason?”

“NO!” Starfire cried in distress, “He has been acting of the normal!”

Cyborg was thinking again by this point. He turned to Star and said, “Star, come with me. We’ll go check out the hospitals in town, see if he’s there or if he was,” he turned to Raven and Beast Boy saying, “You two take a look at those security tapes, see what you can find.” He was going to say, “Titans Go!” but it didn’t seem appropriate coming from him.

In silence, Rae and BB left the table to carry out Cyborg’s instructions. She had gotten a lot of tapes last night; this was going to take a while. Raven was glad Beast Boy was tired, that meant he wouldn’t talk too much, she really didn’t need any more distractions right now. It was getting harder and harder to control her emotions. Why hadn’t she learned by now? Don’t get close to people, bad things happened when she did. Of course, just as she had started to open up to the team, something happens to Tobin. A light bulb overhead exploded in black energy, a single tear sliding down her hooded face.

Beast Boy’s distracted mind didn’t register the bits of glass dropping form the ceiling. His shoulders were slumped, his eyes downcast. Once again he had been shot down, deserted, humiliated. No one in the Titans took him seriously; they didn’t think his jokes were funny. They didn’t understand him, and they never would.

Starfire’s eyes were glowing. Anger and fury were stirring up flames inside of her, rekindling a blaze. It wouldn’t be long before that blaze consumed her. Along side her fury lay fear. Fear that Robin was hurt, of what could happen to him if they didn’t find him, fear that she would never see him again.

Cyborg knew he should talk to Starfire. She looked like steam was about to shoot from her ears. He knew she was closer to Robin than anyone else, and this had to be really hard for her. As temporary leader, he should reach out to the members of his team, but he couldn’t. It was hard enough dealing with his own anger, let alone the complex emotions of a teenage girl. Robin made it look so easy. He was always in control, always knew what to do. Cy didn’t know how he did it.

so, what'd ya think? (did i already ask that? :rolleyes: oh well)

Sproxie

11-20-2004, 04:12 PM

good chapter! :)

Switch

11-20-2004, 08:23 PM

Well i havent done fic in a while but theres a not to bad
(in other words my fics suck) in my head with a
Robin-based thingamabober in it (dont ask).
Anyway, back to the ACTUAL world, not my little
world, NICE DAMN START, youre pretty good for a begginer.
--------------------------------------------
Iv'e been a fricken evil scientist
for thirty fricken years
so cut me some fricken slack O.K!!!!!!!! Dr. Evil (Austin Powers)

Switch

11-20-2004, 08:42 PM

Sorry i keep popping up like this but i cant resist.
On friday our class had this STRICKED sub and she was READING a dictionary!!
i know what youre thinkin, she's just lookin up words
but i saw her smiling and reading and READING IT PAGE BY PAGE!!!!!!
At first it was funny but i got alittle scared after a while.

Sproxie

11-20-2004, 08:47 PM

I skim through dictionary's sometimes :sweat: yea i know its weird, but i seem to have a thing for vocabulary. oops, off subject....:ack:

I had a subsitude (???sp) she was alergic to chalk, didn't know any math (she was the math teacher,) she was practically deaf, yet she would somehow complain that it was so loud and all you could hear were pages flipping. and she would always be contradicting herself.

Teacher: go to page 346
Me: what? page 346?
Teacher: NO! page..

yea :shrug: weird drug addict.... :D

nevermore

11-20-2004, 08:50 PM

One of my friends used to do that. Now he uses the word profane all of the time.

Crowgirl

11-21-2004, 11:26 AM

THIS IS SO TOTALLY AWESOME!!!! Miss Sarah creeps me out, but she's probably supposed to do that. Right? (Looks around, sees herself being shunned) Right? Right? HELLO!?!?!

If you are not posting more, I WILL FIND YOU. YOU HEAR!?!?!

Oh yeah, there's this sub in my school who knits/chochets in class, her family hands down hangers, and she collects used hankerchieves. She's insane!!!!!!!!!

Switch

11-21-2004, 01:07 PM

One time i had a sub who was a BOOTCAMP INSTRUCTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When my big brother had her, she made everyone do 50 pushups for every time the did something wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Back to the actual subject, like Crowgirl said/threatened , post or be hunted like an animal:evil::evil::evil::evil::evil:. Muahaha!!!!!!!!!!! Muahahaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry, got alittle carried away:o.
See what i mean when i say that half of my life has already been wasted in my one little world.

Switch

11-21-2004, 03:18 PM

come on peoples, post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this the only fic i'm reading right now and i get
impationt quickly....... ............and DONT TELL ME TO READ ANOTHER ONE CUZ MY HEAD IS FRAGILE.

TeenTitansGO!

11-21-2004, 04:16 PM

First off, Switch, learn how to spell and stop posting nonsense. Second. JC, this rocks. I noticed you changed a little of the 2nd chap since I read it in class. Not to be rude, but one thing that bugs me is spelling and grammar. I know you said you have no grasp with either one, but in the beginning of chap 2, Robin thinks, "This defiantly isn't the tower." The correct spelling is, "This definitely isn't the tower." Hound me about my spelling thing; do it all you'd like, but it will always bug me. Thirdly. JazzyChick! I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU A GREAT WRITER! LORD WELSHI, my favorite author ever, PRAISED YOUR FIC! YEAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *dances around singing, "La La La, Lord Welshi posted in her fic. La la la, I wish he would post in my fic"*

JCAGG forever! TTG-OUT!

P.S. *laughing histarically about the JCAGG thingy*

Switch

11-21-2004, 04:48 PM

ok firstly TeenTitansGo!............ I SUCK AT SPELLING!!!!!!! ya know how much i get that?
and secondly cant you take a joke?
nonsense MY ASS MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
back to the fic,, FRICKEN AWSOME (dont kill me if i SPELLED that wrong)

JazzyChick

11-21-2004, 04:56 PM

wow ya'll, i'm glad that you like it, and TTG CHILL OUT okay? i can't spell, so i type it on word, and it didn't catch it, sry. okay, sry this chapter took so long, i haven't been home for a while, and it took a long time to type (i was watching a movie and am easily distracted....oooh look, something shinny...) anywho, i hope you like it!

Ch. 4

I was crazy once…

Robin stared at the door for a long time after she had left, his breath coming in shallow gasps. It wasn’t true. It couldn’t be true. His friends would never betray him like that, would they? No of course not. They had been through too much together, fought too many battles together. But that crazy lady said they had, wait a second: what was he saying? She was crazy and didn’t deserve his thoughts.

“No,” he said aloud. It’s amazing how much more reassuring something can be when you say it out loud. “The Titan’s would never betray me, this Miss. Sarah person just wants me to believe that they did.” He calmed himself, focusing his energy on an escape plan. Beginning to pace the small room, he tried to think of a plan of attack. Nothing came to him until he finally shouted in frustration, “This is crazy! Even Beast Boy’s commando gerbil plan is better then anything I’ve thought of!” and threw himself down on the bed. As if on cue, a key rattled in his door again. Turning to face the intruder, Robin prepared himself for another encounter with that ridiculous excuse for a woman. The door revealed instead a large man wearing a security guard’s uniform.

“Who are you?” Robin asked confused.

He just recited a well-rehearsed speech, “Please follow me to the cafeteria and recreational area,” then he dropped the fake smile and added, “Don’t try and run away again, I was up late last night and am in no mood to chase you.”

Robin looked at the guard rather confused for a while, and followed him out of the room. Robin tried to remember the turns they took, you never know what could come in handy during an escape attempt (especially an ill-conceived one), but after left, right, right, left, straight, right, left he gave up on keeping them straight. He was beginning to think that this elusive ‘cafeteria/rec-room’ didn’t’ exist and he was going to keep wandering aimlessly around until he starved to death, or worse: ran into Miss. Sarah.

They took a left turn into the cafeteria/rec-room; the guard pushed him in a little harder than necessary. Stumbling, the boy wonder fond himself in large, brightly lit room filled with round tables surrounded by chairs. Most of the chairs were filled with distant looking people eating food that Robin couldn’t identify. Even stranger was the fact that everyone was still wearing their pajamas.

He walked over to get some food, it vaguely resembled chicken, but Robin wasn’t sure. Taking his tray Robin searched for an empty table, but there were none so he looked for the sanest person in the room. Defiantly not the guy carrying on a conversation with himself, or the conversation with himself or the one counting ceiling tiles, maybe the guy over by the window. Robin had started walking toward him when he jumped out of his chair and started rolling on the floor.

“Guess not,” Robin said, slowly backing off. He was about to give up when he saw a boy about his age sitting by himself at a table in the back reading. Making his way to the back, Robin got some strange looks form the people around him.

“Hey, can I sit here?” Robin asked the boy, who shrugged in response, he took that to mean yes and sat down. “Hey man, this is going to sound weird, but what city are we in?”

“Jump City,” he answered quietly, not taking his eyes off of the book.

“Thanks,” Robin said, looking down at his food. He took one timid bite and nearly threw up it was so bad. “They must be crazy to serve this stuff!” he shouted in disgust.

The boy looked at him for a long time, starting to rock back and forth chanting, “I was crazy once. They put me in a room, a round room, a round rubber room. It had rats, round rats, round rubber rats. It made my crazy. I was crazy once. They put me in a room, a round room, a round rubber room. It had rats, round rats, round rubber rats. It made me crazy. I was crazy once. They put me in a room, a round room, a round rubber room. It had rats, round rats, round rubber rats. It made me crazy. I was crazy once. They put me in a room…”

Robin couldn’t take it any more. He slammed his tray down on the table shouting at the top of his lungs, “SHUT UP ALREADY!”

The boy looked at Robin for a moment before continuing to chant, “a round room, a round rubber room. It had rats, round rats, round rubber rats. It made me crazy.” Robin didn’t hear anymore, he had stormed away from the table. Not looking where he was going, Robin ran into the annoyed guard from before, his strong hand clasping the youth’s shoulder, forcing him to stop.

“Miss. Sarah would like to speak to you,” he said in his gruff voice. Robin glared at him before allowing himself to be led away.

Switch

11-21-2004, 06:55 PM

I was crazy once. THey put me in a room, a round room, a round rubber room. It had rats, round rats, round rubbe rats ------------------
Kay?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
slightly confused (SLIGHTLY, YEAH RIGHT)
YEAH THAT KIDS DEFINETLY LOST IT!!!

Lord Welshi

11-21-2004, 07:05 PM

that was a pretty good chapter. Again, Robin appears to try to think logically: remembering the route, focussing on a plan of action etc. so pretty good Robin work going on. And you are completely right, saying things aloud does make them more comforting: adds a nice human touch there.

Keep going with this, i want to know what happens.

Lord Welshi

Switch

11-21-2004, 07:11 PM

Sup Lord Welshi, man i havent seen you around here in a long fricken time.
coooooooollllllllllllllllllll

Aquagirl15

11-21-2004, 07:33 PM

cool!! i just decided to read this 'cause i didn't have anything else to read. i've heard something like that 'Crazy' thing only it goes like this:

crazy? i was crazy once. they locked me up in a rubber room. i died in that rubber room. they buried me six feet under, the worms they tickled! they drove me crazy.... and on and on.
i hope to see more story soon!:anime:

T.T.Raven4

11-21-2004, 07:50 PM

Miss Sarah seems a lot like Mad Mod in some ways. It's kinda a funny resemblance. Loving this fic. Keep on going JC!

TeenTitansGO!

11-21-2004, 08:27 PM

Switch

11-21-2004, 09:10 PM

I wasn't trying to be rude or boastful or anything with the spelling stuff. I was just telling you so you could change it! I was trying to be a good friend. So...anyway that was a good chapter, and I feel happy to have introduced you to the I was crazy once thingy. cya later. TTG-I love Lord Welshi! =)
(TTG-I love Lord Welshi!)
i'm gonna pretend i didnt here that!!!
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PS= LORD WELSHI, I KINDA THINK YOU SHOULD RUN AS FAR AWAY FROM AMERICA AS POSSIBLE!!!!!!
AT LEAST FAR ENOUGH TO GET AWAY FROM TTG AND THE "TTG-I LOVE LORD WELSHI!"

T.T.Raven4

11-21-2004, 09:13 PM

Uh...I'm confused.

I'm with TTG! I'm gonna forget that.

CaligoRae

11-21-2004, 09:49 PM

Hey JC. Sry i have not really posted in ur fic. I have read all of it anyways. Anywho, don't worry switched, TTG is always like that. He thinks everyone can spell good. He's just weird. Yeah, i am being mean to u on TZ. I'm not really sure y, u just hack me off.:mad: ( Yes, I'm talking to u TTG)Anywho, we had a sub once, we read the Legend of Sleppy Hallow. She turned the nopt scary at all story in to a Rated R story. And then in 5 grade, wer had this lady who i think Was a boot camp person cause she would yell at us and stuff. She would also us her wisele( I can't remeber!!!!)in side!!! And she would not just barly blow she would blow it as loud as she could. Anyway, Good job JC!!!! But since we don't have school now I can't read ahead in ur story:crying: :crying: :crying: :crying:

Sproxie

11-21-2004, 10:55 PM

ok... i'm going to ignore all that confusing "fluff" up there... and just agree with Lord Welshi... very nice chapter, i am intrigued (sp?) very much, (and sorta freaked out at all those insane people... the round rubber rats thing was FREAKY.) Good Job!

JazzyChick

11-21-2004, 10:57 PM

okay, i've had a lot of questions about my Miss. Sarah character. so, i thought i'd answer a few of them.

Yes, Crowgirl she's supposed to creep you out.

Lord Welshi's description of her being 'a pedantic, condesending person who has such a high opinion of themselves that they insist on talking in the third person and treating anyone else as an inferior.' is really true (although i had to look up pedantic....)

anywho, yeah she's creepy and weird, and i didn't purposly make her like Mad Mod, though now i see the simalrities. she's a fun character to write (though its more fun to write about other people's reactions to her...) and not the most evil of all villans, but the Titans have to fight her in different ways. she deals with mind games rahter than an actual battle.

well, hope that gave ya'll something to chew on until i get ch. 5 posted, and i promise that won't be too long!

Lord Welshi

11-22-2004, 07:30 AM

TTG-I love Lord Welshi! =)
Lord Welshi looked at what had appaeared on his screen. Who could this person be? Opening a new window, he checked the user profile. "....so he's a guy from Tulsa, huh? Isn't that where Chandler worked?" he thought. However, something layed heavily on Lord Welshi's mind. This person had proclaimed his love, but Lord Welshi could never reciprocate the feeling. Long distance relationships were always tough, and one that involved a huge time difference would be even more so. And he also feared what his girlfriend would do to him if she found out. He turned around sharply, sensing a presence behind him. There she stood, her eyes blazing with anger, glaring at his shocked form. She cracked her knuckles.

Lord Welshi gulped. "Awww, crap..."

Anyway, main point, i knew it! miss sarah is a pedantic so-and-so! ha! excellent work so far, keep it up, want to know what happens next. And will we get to see the round rubber rats?

Lord Welshi

Aquagirl15

11-22-2004, 08:39 AM

Ahhhh! big words clouding my mind!!!! i too will have to look up the meaning of pedantic. oh well i'll get over it. to the dictnary(sp?)

Switch

11-22-2004, 09:01 PM

Adrastea

11-22-2004, 09:18 PM

i'm gonna go with JC and say .......... miss sarah is a psycho (sp) athiest (someone who worships themself and ignores all others) maniac, insomniacn freakoid, looser, "a" hole (pardon my french). back to the fic, CONTINUE NOWWWWWWWWWW!!!!
PLEAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEE
Erm, an atheist is someone who denies the existance of god. "a" meaning against or not of and "theist" meaning religion.

So, Miss Sarah is not an atheist, or not from what we can tell right now, she's "egocentric, egomaniacal, egotistic, egotistical, grandstanding, hot-dogging, independent, inward-looking, know-it-all, narcissistic, self-absorbed, self-indulgent, self-interested, self-involved, self-seeking, self-serving, self-sufficient, selfish, swelled head"

hm, can you tell that I love dictionary.com?

Switch

11-22-2004, 09:50 PM

Erm, an atheist is someone who denies the existance of god. "a" meaning against or not of and "theist" meaning religion.

So, Miss Sarah is not an atheist, or not from what we can tell right now, she's "egocentric, egomaniacal, egotistic, egotistical, grandstanding, hot-dogging, independent, inward-looking, know-it-all, narcissistic, self-absorbed, self-indulgent, self-interested, self-involved, self-seeking, self-serving, self-sufficient, selfish, swelled head"

hm, can you tell that I love dictionary.com?
Aother huge quote

Yeah i understand. (looks in corner:sweat:.... NOT!!!!!!)
OK, i admit, i have absolutly no clue:confused::confused::o:o what you just said BUT i do know what a dictionary is so HA:D:D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
EAT THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And i heard that atheist thingamabobberjigger (dont ask) from my brother.
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PS= i like smilyfaces!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

raven54

11-22-2004, 10:40 PM

basically, miss sarah is ego- anything.

nevermore

11-22-2004, 10:41 PM

[QUOTE=Switch]
i do know what a dictionary is so HA:D:D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
EAT THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![QUOTE]

Adrastea said dictionary.com!!!!!
So ha! Eat your own words. What? I'm not giving you a fork, get your own.:evil:

Anyway, back on track. Please post.:crying: <(how can you not post for a face like that?)

JazzyChick

11-22-2004, 11:15 PM

awwww, you're right nevermore. i can't resist a face like that, so here's ch. 5

its a little different and one of the shorter chapters, but its also an important ch, soooooo since i can't think of anything else to take up space, here it is:

Ch. 5

Fury

Starfire and Cyborg were approaching the hospital; they were at the front doors before Cy had gathered enough courage to talk to her. Stopping just inside the sliding doors, Cyborg turned to his friend saying, “Listen, Star. I know that you and Robin are, well…dating. I’m just saying, let’s focus on finding him right now.” Those were probably the hardest two sentences he had ever said. It took all the strength he could muster to add, “And I’m here if you need someone to talk to.”

Starfire rewarded her half-mechanical friend’s efforts with a half smile and a whisper of, “Thanks.” She appreciated his attempt at comforting her, but nothing he or anyone else said could calm the rage burning inside of her. All she could think about now was finding Robin, and getting him home. They walked through the automatic sliding doors into the unnatural cleanliness of the hospital. To be honest, Star hoped they didn’t find him here. If he was here it meant that he was forced to show the vulnerable side of himself that no one ever saw. She wondered that no one else questioned the obsessive hours he spent working out. He didn’t have the luxury of special powers, everything he did reflected the hours he spent training. If he lost a fight, to him, it meant that he hadn’t prepared enough and if he won it was because he had prepared himself. It was a side of himself that he would never let anyone see: it was both his greatest strength and weakness. Of course, he would never let any part of the team see this side of himself, but Starfire wasn’t just a part of the team. He had inadvertently let Star catch glimpses of that part of his life.

“Can I help you?” asked the smiling woman at the information desk, brining Starfire out of her thoughts.

“Uh, yeah. We’re looking for a friend,” Cyborg said a little surprised by the question.

The woman smiled at the two of them, realizing how uncomfortable they were. She aked softly, “What’s you friend’s name?”

Still a little unsure of himself Cyborg spilled out the entire story in one breath, “Well last night Robin was out getting pizza, and then Beast Boy was like ‘Dude, what’s taking him so long?’ and then Rae was like, “Chill, he’ll be here soon.’ but he didn’t come back soon so we went out looking for him but all we found was his motorcycle and helmet so we tracked his locator signal but that had been abandoned too so we went back to the tower ‘cause that had taken all night and we needed some sleep, and when we woke up BB said that some store owner guy had seen Robin pass out and fall off his bike while he was waiting at a stop light, so even though it’s a long shot we thought we’d see if he was here. Could you please check?” Cy took some deep breaths after his long speech, the woman at the desk smiling at him.

“You know you could of just said Robin,” the woman said to them, chuckling to herself. On a more serious note she added, “You know, if Robin had come in we would have called the tower,”

Cyborg, who had collected his thoughts enough to respond in a manner that didn’t resemble a blubbering idiot, responded saying, “We understand that ma’m, but we would appreciate it if you checked anyway.”

She nodded sadly in reply, sending her nimble fingers flying across her keyboard.

“Please work speedily! We must find him!” Starfire said anxiously slamming her fist on the desk with the word ‘must’. The woman looked up from her computer screen to nod sympathetically at the girl. Starfire was holding her breath, gripping the edge of the desk until her knuckles turned white. After what seemed like an eternity, she looked up from her computer screen, shaking her head sadly. Her smile took on a sad tone as she informed them that there were no records of Robin, or anyone fitting his description, being admitted for over a week.

They thanked her quietly and turned to walk out of the building. Cyborg looked over at his Tamaranian friend and found her body shaking, her green eyes emitting a soft glow. He couldn’t’ tell if she was about to cry, or fire starbolts at anyone who got in her way. It was probably to fire starbolts, but he sure hoped it was cry. When they got outside of the building he attempted to calm her, “Hey Star, its okay. We’re going to find him, you know the hospital was a long shot.”

Her eyes grew brighter, green energy forming in her hands; she rose a few feet off the ground shouting, “NOTHING IS OF THE OKAY! Robin is GONE! How can anything be of the okay?” Raising her left hand, she prepared to free the ball of bright green energy, hoping to release her fury with it.

Cyborg saw her hand rise. Anyone else wouldn’t have known what to do, but Cy knew her, not nearly as well as Robin did, but he had lived with her and fought along side her long enough not to be taken back.

Just as she was about to release the energy, he leaped into the air. All the hours of football practice took control of his muscles, guiding their movements as their bodies collided in mid-air. His weight forced her to the ground, Cyborg landed on top of the teenage girl, pinning her to the pavement. He pulled her up, forcing her to stand in front of him, her long arms her back in Cy’s unbreakable grip.

He leaned over, whispering in her ear, “I know you’re scared Star, but if you pull a stunt like that again, I will lock you in your room and not let you out for a very long time.” She struggled against his hold, but his enhanced strength held. Eventually the alien girl gave up her struggle and allowed Cyborg to take her home.

i'm a little nervous about posting this ch. so if you guys can stand not posting so much about Miss. Sarah, tell me (honestly) what you think 'bout it. Please?:crying: (muhahahaha, no one can resist that face!)

nevermore

11-22-2004, 11:32 PM

But I can resist the face.:evil: Remember, I am evil...and I also came up with the "No one can resist this face>:crying: thing, so HA!

But I'll be kind enough to tell you what I thought. You captured Star well. And the way that you had Cy tell the person at the desk who they were looking at, was pretty funny. It was good. Or was it.:evil:

Aquagirl15

11-23-2004, 04:39 PM

don't pay attention to him JC of course it was good!!!!:D i knew Starfire's need for Robin would one day drive her to do bad things! POOR STAR!!!! :crying: <- ah, yes the face.

starburn1116

11-23-2004, 05:35 PM

I will lock you in your room and not let you out for a very long time.”

ooh
that sounds like something that i've heard before
can't think of where
stillloved it though
write more
:crying: (yes it is the unbreakable look that no one can resist(sp?)muhahahahahahah!)

Switch

11-23-2004, 10:12 PM

Cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BUT ALITTLE AKWARD, STARFRE CAN SHOOT STARBOLTS AT SKYSCRAPERS AND THEY WOULDFALL TO THE GROUND. CANT SHE BREAK OUT OF HER OWN ROOM?

and starburn, i can resist "The Face" any time i wanted to!!!
FOR I AM....................................... EEEEEEEEEEEEVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL:evil::evil::evil::evil::evil::evil::evil:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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ps= wouldnt robin get mad if he knew what cy said to starfire??
it would be so funny if robin sued (sp?) cy!!!!!
(just a thought)

Raven37

11-24-2004, 12:05 AM

I am sorry I am just now posting a reply on your fic...so, First of all: Great Fic!!!!! Second, look how cute BB is in this emoticon!: http://fs5.deviantart.com/i/2004/306/3/6/_beastboy__by_NoodleMan.gif Third, I like pie...uh, I mean, Write more or die!!!! Please?:crying: (hehehe...the face)

-Raven37http://fs5.deviantart.com/i/2004/306/9/0/Cunyao_by_zau.gif (like my new symbol/face by my name?)

oneeyemonkeypie

11-24-2004, 12:10 AM

OK, it is finally time for me to spout my opinions.

First-switch, you're kinda annoying. Could you use less exclamation points and smilies? Only one per sentence please.

Here we go-

I like this fic. It is actually very well written. The plot is amazingly original. However there are a few gripes I have.
1.) Some of the things just seem to happen a little too easily. Like I'll be reading and I'll see something and be like "Man, I saw that coming." Not often, but it does happen. Hey I do it too, so its no biggie.
2.) The story seems to float. What I mean is, you offered no actual background on the characters. So we are to assume they are identical to the show, yes? But in the show Robin and Starfire didn't have such strong feelings for each other, and they were most decidedly not dating. There is no anchor to the series and the characters seem somewhat disconnected from their actual personas.

But like I said, this is well written. The scenes are all fun to read and they flow well. Also, I loved the football tackle move. That one I didn't see coming.

You should be happy you get all the criticism. If this fic sucked we would all just post something like "Great job, keep it up." If people are actually taking the time to correct you and say what they didn't like, that means this fic has much promise and it could easily be excellent.

:cool:

T.T.Raven4

11-24-2004, 09:00 AM

Switch

11-24-2004, 11:53 AM

oneeyemonkeypie

11-25-2004, 12:27 AM

*points spaz shotgun at switch's head*

click-click

Dont....do....that...anymore.

Sproxie

11-25-2004, 12:35 AM

LOL

*points spaz shotgun at switch's head*

click-click

Dont....do....that...anymore.

Hilarius. :D :sweat:
ummm yea, JazzyChick good chapter, posting anytime Soon?

Switch

11-25-2004, 10:46 AM

*points spaz shotgun at switch's head*

click-click

Dont....do....that...anymore.
Spaz Shotgun??
yeah i think i can NOT do the smily(sp?) thing

JazzyChick

11-26-2004, 02:14 PM

sry it's taken me so long to post. i went out of town for thanksgiving and they DIDN'T HAVE THE INTERNET!!!!!!! But i'm getting over the withdrawls(sp?) now. anywho, thx for all the help ya'll and here goes Ch. 6. (i almost posted ch. 7, wow, i'm really behind)

oh, and oemp, i did try and keep the characters as close to the show as possible, but a Star/Robin relationship is just too much fun to resist, espically since now i can make her have an emoational break down....

switch, could you please try and not shoot any more people on my fic, i need all the help i can get with it. and have you seen 'haunted'? 'cause in it when Robin locks them into the infirmiry(sp?) Star tries to get them out by shooting starbolts at the wall and they just bounce off. i think they have some way of holding all of the Titan's, just in case ya know?

just a warning, the 'a' key on my keyboard doesn't like me very much and doesn't like to be used, so if there are any words that the 'a' doesn't show up, please forgive, it's not my fault computers hate me. i tried to correct them all, but i may have missed a few. :rolleyes:

Ch. 6

Alone

Raven had been sitting alone the dark room staring at a television screen for the last three and a half hours. Cyborg had come back after checking the hospital, he had practically carried Star to her room before he left again. He hadn’t said where he was going, and no one had asked.

“Why would anyone need twelve different camera angles of an alleyway?” Rae asked aloud, looking at the small mountain of tapes she still had to view. Even after giving half the tapes to Beast By, there were still enough left to guarantee another all-nighter. She stood up from the uncomfortable metal folding chair, stretching her arms above her head in an attempt to restore some feeling into them. Having a sudden craving for herbal tea, she pulled her cloak’s hood up covering her face and walked out of the room making her way to the kitchen. Passing by Starfire’s room, she head muffled crying coming from its interior, she paused just outside of her friend’s door. A battle was being waged inside her mind: to enter and comfort Star or to keep walking and forget about the incident. Two days ago, timidly entered and try to be of some comfort, but today she just walked past. Without further incident she went into the kitchen, made her tea, and started back towards the dark room. Just as she was settling down to watch more footage, someone knocked on her door. Sighing, she stood and opened the door a crack, revealing a distressed Starfire, tears falling from her eyes.

“Friend Raven,” she began softly, “might we have the girl talk?”

Raven glared at her through the cracked door. “No,” she answered shutting Starfire out. She crossed the room back over to the television screen, Starfire’s tears echoed through the hallway. Taking a long sip of her herbal tea, Rae settled herself before her computer screen.

“Great,” Raven said in disgust. She had left the tape running. As she began to rewind the tape, something caught her eye. Fast-forwarding it this time, she watched the clip again, just to be sure of what she was seeing. Fumbling for her communicator, she desperately tried to reach Cyborg.

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Beast Boy woke to the sound of his communicator beeping loudly. “What?” he asked groggily.

Cyborg’s annoyed voice came over the speaker, “Let’s go BB, Re found something on the tapes. Get your lazy butt down to the living room, now.”

Shaking sleep from his head Beast Boy responded, “I’m comin’, I’m comin’.” He turned off the television, shut off the lights, and walked out of the room and into the hallway. “Of course it would be Raven who found something,” he muttered to himself. A few minutes later he staggered into the living room, Cyborg and Rven were already there, waiting for him. “Where’s Star?” he asked, drawing their attention towards him.

“She’s going to sit this one out,” Cyborg answered.

Beast Boy decided not to press the matter, even he got that Star was going through some tough stuff. “What’s up?” he asked, changing the subject.

Raven answered in her scratchy voice, “I found something on the security tapes.”

“What?” Beast Boy questioned shortly.

Cyborg stepped in, not wanting Rae and Beast Boy to get into a fight. “It’d be better if she showed you.”

Beast Boy walked over to them as Raven pushed the play button on the VCR. Black and white, static filled footage came up on the television. It showed an alleyway next to the street. A man entered into the dark space, looking over his shoulder as if making sure he wasn’t being followed. Crouching down behind some trashcans he waited, his eyes locked on the street. They fast-forwarded the tape from there until, on the edge of the screen; you could see Robin’s motorcycle. The man’s hand reached for something on his belt, the tape wasn’t of good enough quality to tell what it was, brought it up, and fired. Less than a second later, Robin’s body was lying on the street. His attacker sprinted from the alleyway, acting like a concerned by stander rushing to help. He did a very good acting job, making a show of checking to see if the boy was alright, moving him out of the street with utmost care, all while removing the dart so that no one saw it. Robin started to move a little, like he was struggling to regain consciousness, his attacker helped him to his feet, putting Robin’s arm around his shoulder and the two walked off in the direction of Titan’s tower.

Raven stopped the tape; she and Cyborg were looking expectantly at Best Boy who said in shock, “Robin was kidnapped.” The other Titans simply nodded in reply. After a moment of silence, no knowing what to say, Cyborg ordered, “Let’s go back and check out that alley, maybe our friend left something behind.” Raven and Beast Boy nodded, neither knowing whom Cyborg was referring to by ‘friend’. They got into the T-car and drove into the city.

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Starfire was in her room. She had turned out all the lights and way lying on her bed crying into her pillow to muffle her tears. Silky had crawled onto the bed next to her in attempt to comfort his master, but she didn’t even realize he was there. Nothing could comfort the beautiful young girl, nothing except Robin’s safe return. So she lay in the darkness and cried.

starburn1116

11-26-2004, 04:43 PM

sad. angry.

LOVE!

this was very god
i feel bad for starfire
why was raven mean?
it is all miss sarah's fault!
continue soon
bye's

Sproxie

11-26-2004, 05:15 PM

Really good chapter! it seems like Raven was unusually mean to Star, why?
anyways, post soon.

Switch

11-26-2004, 05:28 PM

first of all JC, I WAS THE ONE WHO GOT SHOT!!!
and oneeye shot me.

Crowgirl

11-26-2004, 05:46 PM

This is so totally AWESOME!!!!!

I love this plot, the character interaction, everything in this fic. But one thing: When did Robin and Star start dating? Background on that would be nice to have.

Oh yeah, Reid? If the story is written well (which it IS), who cares if it's predictable?

JazzyChick

11-26-2004, 06:08 PM

i'm sorry Switch, are you feeling better? OEMP, my anger is now directed at you, soooo :mad: STOP SHOOTING PEOPLE ON MY FIC!!!!!!:mad:

okay, i have ch. 7 already typed up but before I post it allow me to answer a few questions:

1. Raven isn't trying to be mean to Star. In. Ch. 2, before he meets Miss. Sarah, Robin talks about how Rae has been opening up to the group, espically Star (like at the end of... well, i think its called "Switched", but its the one with the Pupped Master and Star and Rae switch bodies). In Ch. 3 you see Rae resenting getting close to anyone, because just as she does, Robin gets kidnapped. So in order to not get hurt again, she secludes herself even more than before. Hope that makes sense...

2. As for Star and Robin dating, well I'd just read Vanishing Act when I started this...but that doesn't play a big role in this except that they needed to be going out to rationalize Star's reaction toward's his disappearence. Look, this is supposed to take place not long after 'Haunted', I have an idea for a sceen between Star and Robin where he askes her to be his girlfriend, it ya'll want me to put that in just tell me, 'kay?

starburn1116

11-26-2004, 06:12 PM

oh i wouldlike u to

JazzyChick

11-26-2004, 06:38 PM

alright, i'm a freakishly imptient person, and i know that it took forever for me to get the last ch. up, so i'll be nice and give ya'll ch. 7. bescides, its a miss. sarah ch. those are the most fun to post, here goes!

Ch. 7

Miss. Sarah, again

The rough guard had both of his abnormally large hands clasped on Robin’s shoulders. He was leading him through another labyrinth of turns and hallways. Robin’s stomach was growling, he hadn’t eaten since lunch the day before, but it provided a useful distraction from his anxiety over his next encounter with Miss. Sarah. A room on his right caught his eye: there was a computer inside. He redoubled his efforts of remembering the turns: left, straight, left, right, right straight, and one last left. Robin smiled to himself; he had an escape plan forming.

For the second time that day, Robin found himself roughly pushed into a room. Except this time he found himself in an office like room, a lot like the principal’s office at a rich school, complete with floor to ceiling book shelves stuffed with leather bound volumes all of which were upside down. A very interesting looking paperweight was on her desk; it looked like a shrunken head inside of a glass cube. Miss. Sarah sat behind the solid oak desk, that annoying kindergarten teacher smile plastered on her face. He was really starting to hate that woman.

“Miss. Sarah welcomes you, but she is very concerned. Miss. Sarah has heard of another incident involving your anger issues.”

Robin wasn’t really listing to her; he was too busy planning his escape. The only real obstacle he had to overcome was the guard who was standing by the door looking bored. He decided it would be best to act least act like he was paying attention to her, so he said casually, “Oh yeah?”

“Yes,” she said quietly waiting for him to continue. When he didn’t say anything she explained, “It’s ‘yes’, not ‘yeah’ Robin.” Robin stared at her dumbfounded, amazed at her newfound way of irritating him. She continued saying, “Robin, as we discussed earlier, you have some unresolved issues that need to be dealt with,” with a look of genuine concern on her face.

“What in the world are you talking about?” Robin asked, really wondering if she could make any of this make sense.

She smiled, and on anyone else it would have looked sweet but on her it was just creepy. “Let’s figure this out together, shall we? Now, does Robin remember the little incident at lunch today?”

Robin just kept staring at her, thinking to himself, “She’s insane, that’s the only logical explanation.”

“No? Well, let Miss. Sarah help you remember. You sat with Bobby at lunch today, do you remember?”

“Why the heck is she talking to me like either a senile old man or a two year old with a memory problem?”

“Well, apparently you made some comment about insanity and you got him started on his tangent again and for some reason this made you angry.”

“Of course it made me angry, the kid repeated the same line over and over and over and over. That’s enough to make anyone angry, frustrated or at the very least irritated out of their mind!”

“Now Robin, do you want to tell Miss. Sarah why this made you angry?”

“Not really.”

“Oh now Robin, Miss. Sarah thinks that you need to have a better attitude. Why don’t you just tell Miss. Sarah all about it.”

“All about what?”

“What makes you so angry, of course.”

The guard had moved into the perfect position, and Robin had gone over as many details as he could afford, but he couldn’t resist a little payback. “Look, Miss. Sarah. I’m not sure how to tell you this, but I think you’re crazy. In fact, I think that I, and the rest of society in general would a lot better off if you were locked up in a padded room, for a long, long time. You need help, badly. Thanks for the awful time, but I’m out of here now.” He grabbed the paperweight in his right hand, throwing it at the guard who had moved to his right.

Robin knew that the only advantage he had was surprise, and that he had excellent aim when throwing hard objects at people’s heads. He leapt up out of the chair, placing a kick in the middle of Miss. Sarah’s forehead, perhaps a little harder than necessary. The guard had been immediately knocked unconscious by the paperweight’s impact. He lay sprawled out across the entryway, a line of blood forming across his face. Robin soared across the guard’s unmoving body and sprinted down the hall.

hey, i'm not very good at writing fight sceens and there are more coming up. any sudjestions for those? (i know that there wasn't a big one in this ch., but still.... I NEED HELP!!!!!!)

CaligoRae

11-26-2004, 06:45 PM

Ok heres my post. hehehehe. i love it!!! Its funny and great. i can't wait till later chapters!!! Keep up the good work.

starburn1116

11-26-2004, 06:50 PM

yes that was really good
i have been meaning to ask you:
why is this called falling away?

Switch

11-26-2004, 06:58 PM

starburn1116

11-26-2004, 07:03 PM

ok, tre, thats a bad ass ending:D:D:D:D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
all i have to say!!!

oh yeah, dont want to get shot again (limps to the keyboard and retypes(sp?) ok,tre,thats a bad ass ending:D!)

just a percasion (sp?) (again)i'm sorry, what?

ahhh! it's gone! what happened?!

Sproxie

11-26-2004, 09:50 PM

hiHi.....?
Great chapter JazzyChick!! You do Fine at fighting Scenes, the "little" fight seen was great, keep up the good work. i cant wait to see what Robin does next. ;)

Adrastea

11-26-2004, 09:52 PM

I really liked your fight scene. I could imagine how Robin pulled off his duo knockout move perfectly, plus it was a cool way to have him bust out of her office. Carry on!!!

Switch

11-26-2004, 10:31 PM

i'm sorry, what?

ahhh! it's gone! what happened?!
first of all oneeye might shoot me AGAIN (hense the "limps over to keyboard") if i use more than one "!" or smiley more than once.

Pookey

11-27-2004, 12:12 AM

You guys are nuts. I swear.http://67.18.37.17/1543/23/emo/rolleyes.gif (javascript:add_smilie()
This story is awsome, you are a really good writer. Please continue.

raven54

11-27-2004, 12:25 AM

Robin knew that the only advantage he had was surprise, and that he had excellent aim when throwing hard objects at people’s heads.That made me laugh http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/l/lmao.gif ... but i have a quirky sense of humor, so i don't know about anybody else. Actually, you did really well (good?) at that little fight scene. I, for one, would rather have a smaller, well-written fight scene than a longer, less thought out one. The only gripe i have is: what happened to Miss Sarah after Robin kicked her? i assume she was knocked out, but you don't actually say... Anyways, death (or padded rooms, whichever's worse) to Miss Sarah, and post more soon!

Lord Welshi

11-27-2004, 04:56 AM

That was a nicely done chapter. You seem to have Robin's logical/calculating mind down rather well. His forming an escape plan, waiting until the right moment and not moving too soon: that's what he'd do. Well done, liking this.

The fight scene was fairly good. It wasn't exactly a fight, more an outburts of action. It was still rather well done, so no true complaints about it.

Miss Sarah is still pedantic and annoyingly...well, annoying. Nice to see you can keep her in character.

Only one thing that surprised me: the fact that Robin was brought here, i would have thought they'd be more prepared for his attempted escape. So far it seems to be going a little too easy for him. Perhaps you have more obstacles and traps for him yet to come, i don't know, but so far it seems just a little to easy for him. Only a little, tho.

Keep writing.

Lord Welshi

Pookey

11-27-2004, 09:15 AM

Only one thing that surprised me: the fact that Robin was brought hereWhy was Robin brought there?guess we'll have to wait for the next Ch. to find out right? :sweat: I thought so...

Crowgirl

11-27-2004, 09:30 AM

That was a nicely done chapter. You seem to have Robin's logical/calculating mind down rather well. His forming an escape plan, waiting until the right moment and not moving too soon: that's what he'd do. Well done, liking this.

Yeah, what he said. You can really write from Robin's point of view well, as well as from his mind. This is a really good fic. Please post more soon!!!

T.T.Raven4

11-27-2004, 10:27 AM

PUT MISS SARAH IN THE PUFFY ROOM! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I do need some company there.

JazzyChick

11-27-2004, 11:08 AM

here's ch. 8. its quite a bit longer than my others have been, but I hope you like it.

Ch. 8

Escape

What were those turns again? Oh yeah: left, straight, left, right, right straight, left. He raced down the hallways, not questioning his split second decisions between left, right or straight. He just prayed his remembered correctly. The bruises he woke up with were taking their toll; it was getting harder for the teen to keep up this pace. He denied his body’s cries for rest and made himself go faster down the long, windowless halls.

When he came before the last turn before he reached that room with the compute, Robin paused. He racked his brain for a second. Which way was he supposed to go? He stood before two hallways, catching his breath and trying to remember which way to go.

“It was a left,” he said with assurance, taking the proper turn. It was just a short distance before he reached the room. Darting inside, he nearly knocked the chair over he sat down so fast. After he regained his balance, Robin sent his fingers flying across the computer’s keyboard. In a matter of seconds he had broken through all of its security measures, they obviously weren’t expecting anyone to ever have access to the computer or it would have taken him a lot longer to get into the system. With an arrogant smile on his face, Robin logged onto the Internet. Pushing back the chair, he looked around casually and waited for it to dial up.

Footsteps echoed in the halls, but they were fairly far away, probably back in Miss. Sarah’s office. That meant someone knew he had gotten away, or at the very least that he had taken out the guard and Miss. Sarah. With any luck they would all think he was as crazy as everyone else and wouldn’t think that he could come up with an escape plan.

The footsteps got closer; guess he wasn’t as lucky as he had hoped. “Come on you stupid computer! Log on already!” he said in a desperate whisper, grabbing the sides of the monitor. As if waiting for him to beg, the computer complied with his command and displayed Miss. Sarah’s homepage. Taken back by its bright, clashing colors Robin had to take a moment to let his eyes adjust. The footsteps in the background grew louder; Robin worked faster. Nothing prevented him from accessing Miss. Sarah’s e-mail account, he wasn’t stupid enough to use his own, her password was (go figure) ‘Miss. Sarah’. He typed quickly:

“Cy, i’ve been kidnapped by a Miss. Sarah. i’m being held at miss. sarah’s home for disturber boys, it’s somewhere in jumpcity, but past that I don’t know. this is probably my only chance to get word out, i’m about to run away, but i’m not sure if it’ll work. COME GET ME NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-robin

“I just hope he gets it.” Robin ran out of the room, hoping to get as far away as possible so that no one would guess where he had been. He got the computer screen back to where it had been, once again so that no one would suspect his presence there. Robin ran out of the room as fast as he could, and bulldozed over that annoying kid from lunch. Miss. Sarah had called him Bobby.

“Get out of my way!” Robin screamed at him, shoving him aside, continuing down the hall.

“Are you trying to run away?” the boy asked softly.

Robin stopped and turned around so fast he nearly gave himself whiplash. He whispered angrily at the boy, “Look, if you can help me get out just say so. If not, then get out of my way.”

He leaned foreword and whispered, “I know the way out.”

“TELL ME!” Robin shouted, forgetting that his voice would carry through the halls.

“I can’t tell,” the boy said, looking down at his feet. Robin grunted in frustration, infuriated at the loss of time. Just as he was turning to run down the hall, the boy said quietly, “But I can show you.”

The footsteps grew closer, someone was in the hallway and they were coming towards them fast. Robin grabbed Bobby’s hand, practically dragging him along. “Tell me how to get out Bobby, just say where to turn.”

“Say please and I will.”

“Please tell me where to turn.” Bobby smiled happily, nodding in agreement.

They came to the first turn, as promised Bobby’s high-pitched voice told him to go right. Robin did as he said without any hesitation. They continued like this for some time, the thundering sound of those in pursuit getting ever closer. Suddenly they came to an intersection with three choices. There were guards coming from both the left and right forks, and had Bobby ordered him left. “Bobby, we have to go straight, can you still get me out if we go that way?”

Bobby nodded, in reply. After they had journeyed down the hallway for some time, they came to a door. It was either enter it or go back in the direction of the guards. Robin was glad to find that the door was unlocked, but as soon as he had shoved Bobby inside the boy started to chant again, “This is the room, the round room, the round rubber room. It had rats, round rats, round rubber rats. It made me crazy. I was crazy once. They put me in a room, a round room, a round rubber room. It had rats, round rats, round rubber rats. It made me crazy…”

“Hey Bobby?” Robin interrupted.

Bobby stopped his muttering to look up at him innocently, saying, “Yes?”

“Shut up now.”

“Okay.” It was amazing how easy it was for Robin to get this kid to do what he wanted. He didn’t say anything else; he just stood there, looking around as if it was completely natural for him to be inside a dusty, windowless room. It looked like a rarely, if ever, used classroom. Grime covered desks were lined up in a 4x4 block. The walls were also covered in grime; it made the walls feel, well rubbery. For some odd reason, there was a basket full with rubber rats that squeaked when you squeezed them.

“Well, that explains a lot,” Robin said to himself before looking for another way out. There were no doors, no windows, “What is it with this place and not having any windows!?”

His question received no answer, at that moment a dozen guards burst through the door. Robin pushed Bobby out of his way, forcing him into the corner with the rats. Bobby was soon content, chanting his never-ending phrase. “Well, at least he’s happy,” Robin thought to himself. It was his last coherent thought before he lost himself in the battle.

A lightning fast punch to the nose took out the first guard to enter. He had a nightstick clipped onto his belt; Robin took it, glad to finally have a weapon. Taking up a defensive position, Robin wielded his weapon with a deadly force. The second guard to enter was taken down in two blows: one to his side, the other across his face. Five more guards entered simultaneously, the first was taken down by a kick from the boy wonder’s steel-toed boots. Using his momentum to flip backwards, another guard was overpowered by Robin landing on his shoulders, forcing him to the ground. Robin smiled; this felt good after having to put up with such overpowering insanity. One of the guards grabbed him around the neck from behind; Robin took him out with a few well-placed jabs from his nightstick, one in each side and a third to the face when he let him go.

Robin took out the rest of the guards fairly easily, he guessed that they weren’t used to opposition. Running over to Bobby, he found the boy still sitting happily in the corner talking to himself.

When Robin came up to him he asked quietly, “Would you like me to shut up now?”

Smiling, Robin said, “You learn quick don’t you?” He was starting to like this kid, Robin helped him to his feet.

The boy looked around him; appearing to be scared he asked in a rushed whisper, “Can we leave now?” Robin could see that Bobby really didn’t like this room; he had probably been locked up in here for a long time at some point. He didn’t want him to stay here any longer than need be.

“Sure Bobby, let’s…” Robin started. He had been cut off mid-sentence by one of the darts that had led to his initial kidnapping. In the doorway stood the large guard who had taken him to lunch and to see Miss. Sarah, blood covering the left side of his face.

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Back at the tower, a light flashed on the computer in Cyborg’s room, signaling that he had received an e-mail.

what do you guys think?

starburn1116

11-27-2004, 12:12 PM

wow

lol
that was funny
i mean the bobby parts
loved it!

write more or i will find you

Pookey

11-27-2004, 12:59 PM

Oh I hope Cyborg gets the e-mail!!! Please let him get the e-mail!! PLease!!

Robin will be ok...Robin will be ok...Robin will be ok...Robin will be ok...*cowers in computer chair rocking back and forth*
*Mom walks in. "Oh God, Honey get the straight jaket, Jess needs it again." "NOT AGAIN!!"*

nevermore

11-27-2004, 01:05 PM

"Ha! you'll never keep me in a strait jacket! I am a magician, and I can escape from those types of things. Wait. What! You're putting me in two strait jackets?"

lol sorry, I couldn't resist.:D

Sproxie

11-27-2004, 01:48 PM

Very good chapter! i really like this story! but the end confused me a little, i - wait, i got it, umm anyway yea, Post soon! please :crying: ?

Pookey

11-27-2004, 02:25 PM

*still is rocking in chair with straight jaket on* "Please post soon...please post soon...OOHHH!!! RUBBER RATS!!!"

As long as Miss Sarah doesn't come with in hearing distance of me I'll be ok...well...as ok as a insane red head can be!he, hehttp://67.18.37.17/1543/23/emo/annoyed.gif (javascript:add_smilie()

Aquagirl15

11-27-2004, 03:12 PM

wow!!! i had a lot to catch up on.:eek: i liked it! it was funny, sad and genuis! Raven was kinda mean to Star. i know she doesn't like to be bothered but that seemed a little harsh even for Rae. :shrug:

and Miss Sarah creeps me out!!!! :eek: :crying: :sweat: make it go away!!!!!!

Switch

11-27-2004, 06:49 PM

(stares in awe:eek::ack:)

Cool!!
miss sarah, aaahhh

CaligoRae

11-27-2004, 07:56 PM

Hahaaha. Very good!! Look at my sigs. There r some just for u on there!! HEHEHEHEHE.
Oh and this is a play i made 4 u JC. Everyone else. U will most likely not understand. Well maybe TTG.

DUDE 1: WINDSHIELD WIPERS!!!!!!!!!:eek: :eek:
runs to corner and gets in fedal(sp?) postion and starts to rock back and forth.

DUDE 2: PULL URSELF TOGETHER MAN!!!

Snaps out of his trance.

DUDE 1: Thank u very much, thank u very much, thats the nicest thing anyones ever done......

Music stop and the 2 look at each other.

DUDES 1&2: EVERYBODY DANCE!!!!!!!!!!

DUDE 1 stops danceing which make the other DUDE stop danceing.

DUDE 2: whats wrong?

DUDE 1: Well i was thinking we should go on vacation to...
* looks at camera* CANADA * looks back at other DUDE*

DUDE 2: * turns and looks at camera.* CANADA?

DUDE 3: Yes* looks back at camera* CANADA!!!!

THE END

Hope u enjoy it jc and i thin we need to get back to work on the play!;) HEHEHE

JazzyChick

11-27-2004, 08:28 PM

wow, i'm glad you guys liked my last chapter. uh, ch. 9 will be up either later tonight, tomorrow afternoon, or mon. after school. it all depends on how fast i do my homework (which i've been putting off all break...)

and amazingly enought, straight jackets are involved in future chapters.....

Caligo, this is for you:
"Commando gerbils!" *TTG, Caligo, drew, and me crack up laughing while rest of class and teacher looks confused*

Class: "Must be an inside joke."

oh look! something shinny! *runs away staring at it*

Pookey

11-28-2004, 12:58 AM

I'm going to take a guess, but Robin will be put in a straight jacket won't he? That, or Miss Sarah will. I pray it's Miss Sarah.
Robin is actually sane so far. I read way too many fic.s when Robin is on the verge of losing it. http://67.18.37.17/1543/23/emo/annoyed.gif (javascript:add_smilie()

*rocks in chair still..."h/w sucks...h/w sucks...h/w sucks...I SEE SHINNY!!!"*
srry, couldn't help myself, I had chocolate...http://67.18.37.17/1543/23/emo/fruit.gif (javascript:add_smilie()Yeah for chocolate!!

TeenTitansGO!

11-28-2004, 05:30 PM

Lord Welshi looked at what had appaeared on his screen. Who could this person be? Opening a new window, he checked the user profile. "....so he's a guy from Tulsa, huh? Isn't that where Chandler worked?" he thought. However, something layed heavily on Lord Welshi's mind. This person had proclaimed his love, but Lord Welshi could never reciprocate the feeling. Long distance relationships were always tough, and one that involved a huge time difference would be even more so. And he also feared what his girlfriend would do to him if she found out. He turned around sharply, sensing a presence behind him. There she stood, her eyes blazing with anger, glaring at his shocked form. She cracked her knuckles.

Lord Welshi gulped. "Awww, crap..."

Anyway, main point, i knew it! miss sarah is a pedantic so-and-so! ha! excellent work so far, keep it up, want to know what happens next. And will we get to see the round rubber rats?

Lord Welshiummmm....I didn't mean I LOVED you. BUT I LOVE THIS STORY! I like CR's play too! It had all of our jokes and cliches. ALL HAIL THE COMMANDO GERBILS!!!!

TTG~ummm...i got nothin'

oneeyemonkeypie

11-28-2004, 06:25 PM

very very good!

Hey, maybe Robin will never make it out...:cool:

starfire0639

11-28-2004, 08:19 PM

jc your story is of the utmost brilliance i have to say that other than the few others i have red this is the most peculiar but very funny very wierd but all very much enjoyable story pic thingy iv read please petty petty petty peas write more soon!!!!!!!!:D by the way im star-ash!!!:anime:

starfire0639

11-28-2004, 08:21 PM

and i do so much love the tantrum from star being of the almost blasted star orbs that was purely great and i do so hope robin makes it out please make him leave the insanity house:sad: !!!!!!

i shall stop now for i am tired:D

Pookey

11-28-2004, 09:48 PM

Please continue so I can get out of this straight jacket, I can only be sane enough to get out unless you post...my future is in your hands!!! Please Post!!! that and it's starting to itch.

*"Pokey...shut up!! Do you want us to give you your medicine?"*
whispers, "please post soon, please!"

CHOCOLATE GOOOD!!:D

JazzyChick

11-29-2004, 09:06 PM

YAY!! i finally got done with the next chapter! uhh, just a warning, this was the hardest chapter for me to write, but i did my best. its kinda weird (okay, this whole fic's been weird, but still this one.....different.) so, please please please! i need feedback!!!!! (though i don't mind some nonsence, PLEASE tell me what you like/dislike or what you think i need to work on! i need all the help i can get)

oh yeah, i couldn't think of a title for this ch., sry :shrug:
Ch. 9

Beast Boy was in the form of a dog, frantically smelling the ground for any trace of Robin or his attacker. Raven and Cy were also searching for any clue as to their friend’s whereabouts. They had been at it over an hour now, but still hadn’t found anything.

The three Titans were back in the alley they had seen on the security tape. It was between Raven’s two favorite places: a coffee shop and a bookstore. There wasn’t much there, a few trashcans near the street, fire escapes on the sides of the buildings, a brick wall in the back forming a dead end. Nothing special, just an alley.

Cyborg had hoped to find something, anything that could lead them to Robin, but they were dealing with a professional. He had left nothing behind, not even a fingerprint, but Cyborg wouldn’t give up. This was their only lead, it had to take them somewhere. His coach had taught him a lot when he had played football, but the main lesson that he had carried with him to the Titans was to never accept defeat. Cyborg wouldn’t give up.

Beast Boy transformed back to his human form. He walked over to Cyborg and said, “Dude, come on there’s nothing here. Let’s go home.”

Cyborg was stressed. Let’s face it, who wouldn’t be? He hadn’t eaten much for almost two days, had been pushed into a leadership position, and one of his closest friends was missing. As if that wasn’t enough, the team he was leading was made up of one teenage girl who was slipping into depression, another teenage girl who had just broken her own record of fewest words spoken in 24 hours, and a 14-year-old changeling who was annoying at the best of times! So he snapped, yelling, “NO! We will not go home, there is something here to find. There has to be. You’re just not looking hard enough,” loud enough to be heard in the next time zone.

The look on Beast Boy’s face was the same one your dog gives you when you get on to them. It was so pitiful even Raven felt sorry for him. She tried to diffuse the situation by saying, “That was uncalled for Cy, we’re doing the best we can.”

Cy was too angry to be talked down, he just yelled even louder than before, “Then out best isn’t good enough, is it? We look again.” Back when he played football, whenever his team had played a bad first half they got one of these speeches. Now, he usually reserved them for whenever he fought against Brother Blood or the H.I.V.E., but today was an exception.

Rae didn’t push the matter; she could see that he wasn’t going to listen to reason right now. The three worked in an anxious silence for another hour. There was so much tension between them you could almost touch it.

It was starting to rain again, the previous night’s storm deciding to torment the city for another night before passing by. Within five minutes it was pouring so hard you could barely see, and all three were drenched to the bone. Cyborg finally admitted defeat. They weren’t going to find anything.

No one said anything as they got back into the T-car and sped home. Cyborg was driving faster than was necessary, but BB and Rae figured it was a better way to vent than to yell at them. They made it home in record time, but they didn’t know what to do when they got there. Beast Boy and Rae went to their rooms, Raven to meditate and go over all the information they had hopping to find something they had missed. Beast Boy just wanted to sleep.

Cyborg headed towards his room, planning to recharge and go over information but he stopped just outside his door. “Maybe I should go check on Star,” he thought out loud. He had done pretty much everything wrong during his temporary role as group leader; the least he could do was see how she was doing. He started down the hall towards Star’s room, muffled sounds of crying echoing down the empty halls. Timidly knocking on her door, Cyborg asked, “Uh, Star? Can I come in?”

She didn’t respond immediately, but Cyborg could hear rustling inside her room. The door opened, revealing a ragged looking Starfire. Her normally straight red hair was un-kept, falling in odd angles across her face, her eyes were red and blotchy from crying a lot. The most noticeable change however was that she never made eye contact, and her trademark smile stayed hidden beneath the gloomy mask the girl was wearing. “You may enter,” she whispered, walking back inside.

“Uh, I just thought I’d drop by. See if you needed anything,” Cyborg started awkwardly.

“Thank you friend, but I wish to be alone right now.” She wasn’t letting him in, but the small part of her room that Cy could see made Beast Boy’s look like heaven. He guessed that after she had cried for a while the tears gave way to her previous rage and the only way she saw to let it out was through destroying everything in sight. Tables were overturned, the curtains ripped lying strewn across the room, broken glass replaced the carpet. It looked like a tornado had passed through. “Please, just bring Robin home.” With that she closed the door, shutting him out.

Cyborg headed back to his room, without bothering to turn on the lights he sat before his computer. It said he had received an e-mail, but Cy didn’t have time to read it right now so he ignored it. He didn’t know what he was supposed to be looking for, but that wasn’t going to stop him. Cy started looking through old newspaper articles, looking for similar cases.

************************************************************************

Beast Boy was sitting sulking on his bed. His backpack was lying beside him, half opened, and already stuffed to the brim. A few tears dotted his face, but only a few.

“They think that they’re better than me,” Beast Boy muttered to himself trying to cram more stuff into his backpack, “ I’ll show them.” He grabbed his backpack, throwing it over his shoulder. He snuck out of his room, glad that everyone had locked themselves in their room. Acting paranoid, always looking over his shoulder, doing his best to not make a sound, Beast Boy made his way to the front door. Without looking back, Beast Boy walked out into the rainy night.

hey guess what? i broke a thousand views!!!! EVERYBODY DANCE!

Crowgirl

11-29-2004, 09:18 PM

OH!! Can we do the Cottoneye Joe? I love that one...

I like the interpritation of Beast Boy and Cy, it was really good (my teacher would make me use well right now, but I don't care). I like how Beast Boy says "They think that they're better than me." That showed a softer side to him, sort of like a longing.

As for a chapter title, how about "We Try"? That's all I've got, unless you want a longer name....

Pookey

11-30-2004, 06:04 AM

Oh! That was good!

*dances, stops* what am I supoose to dance to? *shrugges, and continues to dance*

Now I must do one thing: "God Dangit Ctyborg, Check your frickin e-mail!!AHH!!
Ok I'm better now.

Hey, I'm out of my straight jacket, YEAH!! *strats dancing around the room, again* http://67.18.37.17/1543/23/emo/fruit.gif (javascript:add_smilie()http://67.18.37.17/1543/23/emo/fruit.gif (javascript:add_smilie()http://67.18.37.17/1543/23/emo/fruit.gif (javascript:add_smilie()http://67.18.37.17/1543/23/emo/fruit.gif (javascript:add_smilie()http://67.18.37.17/1543/23/emo/fruit.gif (javascript:add_smilie()http://67.18.37.17/1543/23/emo/fruit.gif (javascript:add_smilie()This guy is soo cute!

Sproxie

11-30-2004, 04:56 PM

Very nice chapter! i liked it alot! the way you described starfire was pretty creepy... i would hate to be in her position. :sad:

TeenTitansGO!

11-30-2004, 08:25 PM

Crow! The cotten eye joe IS what me, JC, and CaligoRae do when we say, "EVERYBODY DANCE!" But what can I say, great minds think alike. I think that you have a secret identity as someone at my school, but that's me and my mind isn't that great.

starfire0639

12-01-2004, 08:51 PM

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay go jc!!!!!!:anime:

Pookey

12-01-2004, 09:19 PM

Sweet, the Cotton Eye Joe song is so cool!! I had it on my desktop, but then it got deleted:sad:

CaligoRae

12-03-2004, 02:04 PM

Good job. I enjoy story. PLease keep writeing

Kregor8

12-04-2004, 11:27 AM

Ok, before I start griping, I'd like to say that this is an excellent story. I love stuff with insane people in it (I have one planned for my story, and had an idea for a whole story in an assylum). Ms. Sarah is my favorite character, because she just makes a wicked creepy villian. You're not quite sure how unhinged she is, but it's obvious that she finds pleasure in making everyone else a bit nuts. Yeah, Lord Welshi had the best description of her. And who was it who listed all the huge list of characteristics? Self-this and that...whatever.
Ok, my only complaints about the story are that it seems that (in the earlier chapters) sometimes you would skip a sentence or something. Sometimes a minor word, or confuse the 2s. (to, too, and two). And you haven't done this in the latest chapters. That's pretty much all I have for complaints.
I love the fact that you always punctuate (sp?) correctly. Very few of us know how to do this. Your spelling isn't too bad, but sometimes you write definetly as defiantly. The first means "of course" and the second has to do with rebelion. I think you did an excellent job both in showing Raven's reaction and Starfire's. Heck, you did a great job with all of them. You definetly have Robin's style down very well. Also, I kind of like Bobby. I feel sorry for him. 1984 - rats are evil. "Do it to Julie, do it to Julie!" (Hope you know what I'm talking about. 1984, George Orwell. Read it, if you like anti-utopias or are into politics).
My big gripe is this: FLUFF! I hate FLUFF ON GOOD THREADS! IT RUINS THE STORY FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE just a little bit obsessive (sp?) and CAN'T STAND EXTRANEOUS POSTS. You posters know who you are. So knock it off. It not only is irritating to me, it shows incredible disrespect to the writer. And trust me, JazzyChick deserves your respect.
Oh, I just noticed your sig, JC. How's this:
"Who am I to say I'm right,
who am I to say you're wrong?
Playing judge, look you in the eye,
Who am I to throw the stone?" Is that right? Am I thinking of the right thing? I'm fairly certain I am. Anyway, this story is excellent. I'm adding you to my list of recommended writters.

7<regor

JazzyChick

12-06-2004, 09:55 PM

okay everybody here's chapter 10, and sry i haven't posted sooner. i've sort of been dreading having to post this chapter 'cause there's kinda a love sceen in it and i suck at those (even more than fight sceens). so any sudjestions on that part would be welcome.

and i should warn you that i talk a lot about "Haunted" in here, so if you haven't seen that episode DO NOT READ THIS CHAPTER!!!!! its one of the best episodes ever and i don't want my fic to ruin it for you. tell ya what, if you fall into the deprived category(sp?) of those who haven't seen that episode PM me and i'll send you a different version of the chapter that is spoiler free.

Ch. 10

Puffy Room

Robin’s dreams were filled with images of Slade, but not the real Slade. This was the hallucination from Slade’s mask that had almost killed him two weeks ago. He tossed in his sleep, not able to wake himself.

“You know I’m real Robin. You know I can’t be defeated, that no one will ever stop me. Yes, you and your puny Titans may delay me for a time, but you can never stop me.” Slade taunted Robin from the shadows. Robin couldn’t see his nemesis; Slade continued to elude him. His breath was beginning to come in shorter intervals, he had better find him soon or Robin would be too tired to fight him.

“Show yourself!” Robin shouted into the darkness, almost losing his balance. He was standing on a rusting catwalk far above the ground. His voice echoed through the rubbish filled room, the passion in his tone reverberating with it.

“Come now Robin, surely you haven’t grown tired of the chase so soon? I taught you better than that.” His voice seemed to come from everywhere at once. Slade was on his right, his left, in front of him and behind him; his hollow voice and taunting tone consumed Robin as never before.

Suddenly, there he stood. His orange and black mask reflected the dim light of the warehouse Robin knew so well. Robin leaped for him, hoping to unmask his foe once and for all. But Robin’s arms were locked behind his back; he couldn’t reach for the mask. Robin tumbled into the rusted rail of the catwalk, Slade easily sidestepping the boy’s charge. The metal gave way and Robin tumbled to the ground below, Slade looking over the edge, victory on his face.

Robin woke with a start. Sitting up so suddenly it took him a moment to realize where he was. He wasn’t in the dorm style room he had last woken in, but a room with padded walls, and to top it all off, he had be put in a straight jacket.

“Great,” he mumbled to himself. Robin took a quick glance around the room. Knowing better than to try and force the door, he looked for an alternate means of escape. Once again, the only exit was the door of reinforced steel and the vent was too small for him to fit through. “This is just great.” Robin was getting really tired of this place and its stupid locked, now padded, rooms. He was tired of the insanity.

He needed a plan, but with the present situation there was nothing he could do. This was bad. There was on way out unless someone opened the door, there was nothing he could use as a weapon to attack the person who opened the door, and he couldn’t even use his hands. But the worst part of it was: his nose itched and with the stupid straight jacket he couldn’t reach it.

Getting frustrated with himself and his situation, Robin sat on the floor and attempted to focus his thoughts. Nothing good ever came from worrying, only stress and aggravation which was the last thing he wanted right now. Just as he had found his center, Miss. Sarah’s voice started talking through some hidden speaker in the wall.

“Hello Robin! Miss. Sarah is glad to see that you have awoken! Though she is disappointed in you. Tell Miss. Sarah Robin, why did you try and run away?”

Robin was sick of this, he shouted at the intercom, “Do you ever shut up? I mean honestly, do you actually think I’m going to tell you anything?”

“Now Robin, that’s not a very good attitude. We’ll have to work on that.”

“Lady, we don’t do anything. This ‘we’ you keep talking about, doesn’t exist. There’s you and then there’s me. You’re psychotic, and I’m not. You speak in third person, and I don’t. You’re a controlling maniac who kidnaps boys and holds them against their will, and I’m not. There… is… no… we. Do I make myself clear?”

“I don’t see my dead enemies Robin.”

“Is that what this is about? My seeing Slade?”

“Of course Robin, it is never a good thing to see that which does not exist. Miss. Sarah can make sure you never see those things again.”

“In case you weren’t informed, my hallucinations were caused by a chemical being released from Slade’s mask that was designed to kill me. And besides, even if I was crazy, I wouldn’t want your help.”

“ But Robin all Miss. Sarah wants is to help you…” She went off on a long, meaningless tangent about what a good service she does for society and how much she helps the boys she ‘takes in’ (as she puts it). Robin tuned her out, thinking about (what else?) Starfire.

He remembered when he finally asked her out, when she had finally become his girlfriend.

It had been two weeks ago, just after his hallucinations of Slade. She had offered to walk him to his room; everyone was still really worried about him and weren’t letting him out of their sight. They didn’t talk for a while, both exhausted and neither knowing what to say to break the silence. It took them longer than usual to reach his room, Robin’s many bruises slowing him down. When they did reach his door, Robin said tentatively, “Ummm, Star?”

“Yes Robin?” she had answered in a tone that was not as bright and cheery as usual.

“The uh…the other guys, uh… told me how you ripped through the floor and stuff. And uh…I just wanted to um….thank you for all that you did. I mean, if you hadn’t gotten everyone out, I probably wouldn’t be here right now and uh…”

“I accept you expression of gratitude Robin, and am glad that you are undamaged,” Star interrupted him, knowing how difficult it was for him to say something like that. She smiled at him, but then her friend did something very unexpected. He pulled her closer to him, pressing his lips against hers and held them there for a long time.

When he finally pulled away, Robin quietly asked, “Starfire, will you be my girlfriend?” Star’s only reply was to draw him close again, and kissed him longer then before.

Robin smiled when he came to the last part, remembering how comfortable, how peaceful he had felt with her then. A pang of sorrow hit him as he thought of Star. He would never get Star back by just sitting here doing nothing! Miss. Sarah’s voice had stopped blaring through the hidden speaker, leaving him in silence. He began to meditate again, focusing on his lost memories of the night he had been captured, in a desperate attempt to find out more about his present situation.

Robin didn’t know how long he had sat there, time seeming to stand still while he tried to remember. A slap on his cheek brought him out of his pensive state. Looking up, Robin saw the same guard that seemed to have some grudge against him glaring down at him. All at once his memories came flooding back, triggered by the sudden appearance of the guard.

ummm, so what do ya'll think?

and i wanted to say thanks to kregor for putting me on his list and for his comments on my fic.

Pookey

12-06-2004, 10:29 PM

What are you talking about!! :eek: That was a great romance scence!!:D no kid.:)
I have to agree with you on saying that haunted was the best episode. :D
srry about the fluff:(

CaligoRae

12-07-2004, 07:36 PM

I'm back!!!( horror music starts to play.) Anyways, great chapter. PLS write more soon.:anime:

starfire0639

12-08-2004, 09:18 AM

yes it is a totally awsome episode and robin with wet hair ooh:anime: hahaha ya sorry oh and the romane scene is no biggy i guess with me when you do a romane scene you make it big and with every aspect of the charchters emotions but thats just me:D

oneeyemonkeypie

12-08-2004, 11:51 AM

it was pretty good. a bit more...predictable than the other chapters, but nothing major.

I'll still read it!

Crowgirl

12-08-2004, 02:36 PM

it was pretty good.
Pretty good? PRETTY GOOD!?!?!?!?!

It wasn't pretty good, it was great. Awesome romance scene, and I liked how we finally got some info on how Star and RObin became a couple. Touche... touche...

Sproxie

12-08-2004, 05:44 PM

Very awesome chapter!
STRAIGHT JACKET! :anime: ok, ok..... :sweat:
I liked it, please post more soon!

Pookey

12-09-2004, 06:49 AM

:evil: straight jacket...srry I'm alright...http://67.18.37.17/1543/23/emo/annoyed.gif (javascript:add_smilie()

please post more soon. Cyborg has to get the e-mail!!!

JazzyChick

12-11-2004, 12:11 PM

okay everybody, here's chapter 11. i'm almost done with this fic, only one more chapter (but its going to be really long) and then the eplogue(sp?). just wanted to say thanks to everyone who has been reading this and for all their feedback. uhh, here goes!

Ch. 11

The rain was really pouring now, and the wind had picked up quite a bit. Beast Boy was back in the form of a basset hound. He was having trouble keeping his now soaked backpack on his back; it’s a lot more difficult to do when you’re a dog. Finally giving up, BB pulled it off his back and carried it in his mouth the rest of the way. His destination was the alley they had searched earlier that day. It didn’t take him long to get there, and the rain was keeping everyone inside so he didn’t have to deal with those pesky children who always wanted to pet him.

Dropping his bag off by one of the trashcans, he started sniffing around again, looking for something he’d missed earlier. Starting at the back of the alley, Beast Boy was so intent on his search, he didn’t notice the stray that had wondered into the alley with him until the dog was greeting him by sniffing his butt.

Beast Boy jumped up in surprise, transforming back into his human form while in the air. “Go away!” he yelled at eth dog, which sprinted out of the alley whining. “Stupid dog,” he said after the stray had left. He turned back into a dog and went back to his search. After about fifteen more minutes of searching in the cold rain, he found something.

There was a scent that he hadn’t picked up on before. It was a long shot, but the changeling was too intent on proving himself to care. He followed the faint trail out into the street.

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Cyborg rubbed his eyes, his lack of sleep starting to catch up with him. He had been reading old newspaper articles on his computer for hours, but still hadn’t found anything that could help them find Robin. A deep rumble came from his stomach, Cy looked at over at his clock’s glaring red numbers which read 7:56. No wonder he was hungry! They usually ate around six thirty. Picking up his communicator, Cy tried to reach Beast boy, it was his night to make dinner.

Beast Boy wasn’t answering. “Stupid, green, little pointy eared freak. Probably fell asleep again, the lazy bum,” Cyborg muttered to himself in frustration. He got up, stretched his stiff limbs and walked out of the room. Instead of going to wake up Beast Boy he just went to the kitchen saying to himself, “I didn’t want any of his nasty tofu burgers anyway.” Passing by Raven’s room, her soft rhythmic chanting coming from inside. Clearly she was meditating and would yell at him if he interrupted her for something as trivial as food. Passing by BB’s room, a smirk came across Cyborg’s face when he heard only silence from inside. “Ha! I knew you were sleeping,” he said to the door before continuing towards the kitchen. It took him longer than usual, he had purposefully avoided going by Star’s room, he couldn’t deal with her emotional breakdown right now.

When he got to the kitchen, Cyborg attacked the refrigerator, pulling out everything except the tofu or anything made by Starfire. Not even Robin had been brave enough to try her latest creation that resembled more than anything one of the hairballs BB had coughed up when they had dared him to be a cat for a week.

After thoroughly stuffing himself, Cy headed back to his room. Sitting down at his computer Cy was met by the annoying flashing red light on his screen that indicated an unread e-mail. “Aw, what the heck?” Cy asked out loud opened the e-mail and began to read.

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Beast Boy had come to the end of the trail without major incident. In fact, except for having to convince the dogcatcher that he wasn’t a stray, his journey had uneventful. The trail led him to an old, rundown building on the edge of the city. Changing back to his human form, Beast Boy timidly walked inside.

The building was relatively empty, just some broken glass and trash littering the floor of rotting wood. Carefully making his way around, Beast Boy discovered began to explore the abandoned building. There certainly were no signs that someone had been held here, no food or anything that resembled a bed, so this probably wasn’t where Robin was being held. Disappointed, Beast Boy was about to leave when he stumbled upon a set of dusty stairs leading down to what he assumed to be a basement. Cautiously looking down, Beast Boy tried to determine what was down there without actually having to go down the decaying stairs into the dark and eerie room.

“Aw man!” BB said in frustration, “Why does everything have to be in dark, underground, creepy places?” Resentfully, he started down the stairs into the darkness.

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Robin’s memories were coming back to him too fast for him to process them all at once. All he could get were flashes at a time, and even then not in order.

Sitting in the rain, eyes closed, visions of Starfire playing in his mind…

A fist flying at his face, striking his cheek with enough force to knock him down…

The sound of a dart flying through the air, followed by a piercing pain in his side…

His haggard breath as he sprinted towards Titan’s tower…

Falling off his bike and hitting the pavement, struggling to stay conscious…

The guard standing over him as blackness engulfed his vision…

Robin glared up at the guard standing in the doorway of his cell and whispered, “It was you.”

i know it was kinda a boring ch., but what did you think?

Kregor8

12-11-2004, 12:59 PM

First off, thanks for appreciating me. Now, I'll return the favor. These last two chapters were definetly top notch. You remembered the minor points that make things so real, like the fact that when your hands are tied behind your back, your nose will always itch like a demon. (Do demons itch? Somebody I know used that expression a while ago, and it just struck me). You've captured Cyborg's attitude quite excellently. Though he isn't always like that, it's assumable that under stress, he'd have a few issues. The way you've described him is exactly what I would expect from someone like him. In this case, expected isn't bad. It's good. It means you have a decent understanding of human nature. "Ha! I knew you were sleeping!" Mmm. So tasty.
Also, good to hear Miss Sarah again. Now we have some inkling (sp?) of why she snatched him. I also liked how Robin's memories came back disjointedly. That was nicely done.
Hmm, do I have more to say? Oh yeah - BB's attitude. The "I'll show them" kind of thing fits with his personality. Ok, that's it for goodness, or I might as well just quote your whole chapter.
I do have a complaint though. It's this:
i know it was kinda a boring ch., and
there's kinda a love sceen in it and i suck at thoseHuh? Since I happen to outrank you, I'm ordering you to stop it with this bullcrap! You understand, private? (Ok, a bit out of hand, Kregor. *smack* Ow!) You have to stop beating yourself down, though. It's bad for your general attitude and it's just not true. So, I'm expecting that I won't see any more of that, will I? Good, I didn't think so.
Bring on the rest of it. I'll be waiting right here...

7<regor

Ps. Just in case you wondered, it's epilogue. I think. My spelling isn't perfect either. Oh yeah, and scene, not sceen. But don't stress (too much) over spelling. We all know what you're trying to say.

Switch

12-11-2004, 01:26 PM

in the words of Kregor8, top notch!

sry i havent replied in a while, anyway frickin' awsome, exciting, cool, suspenseful (is that even a word?) emotional, well thought out, and again FRICKIN' AWSOME!!!!!!!!!

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call me cruel and unusual (sp?) but mostly unusual

but its kinda funny when star has a breakdown and gets all depressed!!!

(as i said call me cruel and unsual)

Crowgirl

12-11-2004, 01:38 PM

Awesome!!!!

Not much else to say, is there?

Sproxie

12-11-2004, 02:18 PM

Awesome!!!!

Not much else to say, is there?
Definitely awesome!
i wish there was....

starfire0639

12-11-2004, 09:22 PM

IT WAS SO NOT BORING!i love how you show robins mind at work they barly show that on the episodes and you really point it out in your fic on the channel surfing tv of mine the shows usualy shwos robin jumping right into an attack or going overboard at his urge to distroy or capture the bad guy but with your fic you kinda go into his mind and tell all of what hes thinking so thumbs up !!!!:D

TeenTitansGO!

12-12-2004, 04:05 PM

i loved it, and are ya gonna do what i told you to do for the next chap? yes or no. DOn't give it away. HEY! I'm writing a new one about Rae, cuz i quit my pitiful JLU one. I'll show ya monday.

TTG~Totally blank on this one

JazzyChick

12-18-2004, 10:34 PM

hey guys? just wanted to ask ya'll something. ch. 12 is turning out to be really long, i already have over two pages (on WORD) and still have a lot to write. the only problem with that is i can't split into two chapters with out disrupting the flow of the story. so my question is do you want my to go ahead and post what i have, or wait until i get the entire ch. finished?

TeenTitansGO!

12-19-2004, 10:55 AM

WAIT! finish the chap

Crowgirl

12-19-2004, 11:53 AM

YOu should finish the chapter. I know my chapter's are (at shortest) 2.5 pages long on word. Size 10 font.

Can't wait for more!!!!

starfire0639

12-21-2004, 12:19 PM

Finsih The Chappie!i Can Wait:d And Mine Are Usually Well Like 3 Pages But My Last One Was 6

Kregor8

12-21-2004, 05:48 PM

I recommend that you wait. My chapters are usually about 6 pages long, TNR font, 10pt, single spaced. So I have no problem with long. The smooth flow is what counts.

7<regor

Crowgirl

12-21-2004, 06:43 PM

Umm... when is the next chapter out? I'd LOVE to know.....

JazzyChick

12-21-2004, 07:37 PM

sorry this is taking so long, but i want the last ch. to be perfect. It'll probably be out tomorrow or Thursday, and i promise it'll be well worth the wait.

Usually my ch.s are 2 pages TNR 12 pt., but so far ch. 12 is nearly 4 pages TNR at 10 pt. font, and there's no sign of stopping anytime soon. I can't stand short endings, can ya tell?

Once agian, sorry for the wait. i'll post the end as soon as its ready. like i said, i want it to be perfect.

-JC

JazzyChick

12-22-2004, 07:13 PM

here it is! the last chapter! anywho, its really long but, in my mixed up mind, it disrupted the flow to break it up. so, here it is! *drum roll plays in the background* tell me what you think

Ch. 12

Coming Together

Robin slowly opened his eyes, struggling to regain consciousness. A large, rough looking man was kneeling over him, a look of fake concern on his face. The man helped him to his feet, but his grip was rough, like he was only pretending to be concerned.

“Take it easy there kid,” the man said gruffly, his emotion not matching his words. A small crowd had formed around the two, seeing that their city’s protector was okay, they started to move off. The man’s voice dropped to a low whisper, “I have a gun pointed at your back. If you try and run, I won’t hesitate to kill you.”

Robin looked over his shoulder at him confused, not understanding for a moment. His mind was racing, trying to process the new information. He had been knocked out, and this man was now threatening him, yep that seemed to cover the basics. The gun the man had threatened him with was pushing into his back, and Robin didn’t doubt that the man would carry out his threat. One of his large hands rested on Robin’s shoulder, forcing the Boy Wonder to go where he directed.

“What do you want?” Robin asked his captor, hoping to gain some insight to his situation.

“I’m just the messenger boy, I’m not calling the shots, and no more questions.”

He was leading Robin in the general direction of Titan’s Tower, but Robin was guessing that it was just for show. What would be the point of the gun if all he was going to do was take him home? They were about to come to an intersection where they would be forced to stop and wait, Robin would use this to his advantage. During that time, the man would most likely be distracted, impatient to cross the street he might lose enough concentration for Robin to get away.

Robin’s guess was right, his captor was too busy looking around nervously to pay much attention to Robin. Making as little movement as possible, Robin reached for his retractable bow staff. In one graceful gesture, the Boy Wonder attacked. His motions were fluid as he grabbed his staff, extending it as he aimed for the man’s face. It struck violently, the impact taking the large man by surprise, making him lose his balance. His gun fired, but he was falling so it didn’t strike anything, or anyone. Wielding his weapon of choice with practiced elegance, Robin knocked the man’s gun out of his hands and into the street. Robin was glad for the rain for the first time that night, it kept most people inside, away from the fight. Frightened onlookers were always such a nuisance during a battle, or an escape. The man reached for something on his belt, Robin assumed it to be whatever he had used earlier to knock him out. Robin sprinted down the street, reaching desperately for his communicator. Just as he was about to call the Titan’s for help, his attacker caught up. Man this guy was in shape! He tackled Robin, driving him to the ground with more force than a linebacker; the small yellow disk flew from his hand onto the sidewalk, just out of reach. Robin’s hand groped for his communicator, but he couldn’t reach it. Why hadn’t that big growth sprit come yet? The big man was sitting on his chest, forcing all the air from his lungs. He reached for a syringe on his belt, stabbing Robin’s shoulder with it. For the second time that night, Robin found himself losing consciousness.

“What do you mean kid?” the large man from his memory asked.

“You were the one who kidnapped me.” Robin’s voice was in the cold tone that he usually reserved for his greatest enemies, or to get Beast Boy and Cy to stop fighting. Most people trembled at it, but the guard just glared down at him, no emotion showing on his face.

“Uh, yeah. I’m surprised you didn’t have that figured out by now, I had you pegged as more intelligent than that,” the guard answered mockingly. “Its nothing against you, I kidnap a lot of boys, on Miss. Sarah’s orders, but none of them have ever give me trouble. Not nearly as much as you have, that’s for sure.”

“Isn’t that nice? You know, as much as I’ve enjoyed this conversation, I’ve got better things to do.”

“Like what?”

“Like planning an escape, and of course getting out of the straight jacket. Do you really expect it to slow me down for long?”

“No, but it does let me do this.” The guard brought a role of duct tape from behind his back. Knocking Robin down, he taped his legs together. Robin struggled as much as he could, but without the use of his arms, and his legs in the man’s unbreakable grip, he didn’t get very far, though he did manage to kick the man’s face. It had already started bruising when the guard finished his legs and placed one last piece of the silvery tape over Robin’s mouth. Standing up, a triumphant smile came over his face. He began beating the defenseless hero unmercifully.

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Beast Boy walked around in the darkness, running into walls, boxes, pretty much everything that was down there. He stumbled into the light switch after dragging his hand across the walls for several minutes. Triumphantly flipping the switch, the room was flooded with the artificial light, sending all the roaches scurrying for the corners.

The room wasn’t what Beast Boy had expected. Yes, forgotten boxes and dust littered the floor, but everything seemed like fake. Like it had been put there to make the room look abandoned. There was a door in the back of the room. Beast Boy headed towards it, not sure what to expect.

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Cyborg sprinted down the halls of the tower, yelling at the top of his lungs for Raven, Starfire, and Beast Boy to get out of their rooms. He had new information about Robin.

Raven was meditating, Starfire was crying, and Beast Boy just wouldn’t get up, and none of them were answering their communicators. Reaching Star’s room first, Cyborg pounded on the door, yelling for he to go meet him in the living room. Not bothering to wait for her to come out, he continued on towards Raven’s room with the same message. He actually saw Raven exit he room before continuing on to get Beast Boy up.

Banging his metal fist on the door, Cyborg shouted, “Come on BB, GET UP! Wake up you lazy bum.” When his little green friend didn’t answer, Cy pounded even harder on the door, yelling, “Beast Boy! Get out of bed now. Don’t make me break down the door.” After waiting for a reply, Cyborg did as he had threatened and ran through the door. Beast Boy’s room was in its usual state of disorder, clothes thrown on the floor, hangers everywhere, his dresser drawers thrown open, but the changeling wasn’t there.

“Beast Boy?” Cyborg asked the empty room. Confused, he turned around and ran to the living room, hoping to find some answers there. Rae and Starfire were already there. Starfire had a look of grim determination on her face, while Raven just looked annoyed.

“What news have you found of Robin?” Starfire shouted as soon as Cyborg entered the room.

“Just a minute, have either of you seen Beast Boy?” Cyborg returned, distracted by the sudden disappearance of his friend.

“Did you check his room?” Raven asked coldly.

“Of course I did. What do you take me for, an idiot?” Cy snapped.

“That depends on your definition of idiot.” Raven always had good comebacks.

“Friends, perhaps this could explain his whereabouts?” Starfire intervened, pointing to a piece of paper on the coffee table, a note in Beast Boy’s handwriting written on it. Curious and confused, Cyborg picked up the note and read aloud:

“I’ve had it. I’m going to find Robin, on my own. You guys think you’re better than me? We’ll just see about that, now won’t we? I’ll take him back to the Tower after I find him, but then I’m out of here. For good.

-BB

“Let’s try and track his communicator. Who knows what kind of trouble he’s gotten himself into by now,” Cyborg said, already walking over to the computer.

“He’s only been gone a few hours at the most, he can’t be anywhere that dangerous,” Raven commented, “Why don’t we focus on Robin. If you don’t remember, he was the one kidnapped.”

Star agreed with Raven, saying, “Yes, tell us of the news of Robin!” in a voice that sounded more like an order than a request.

“Ya’ll really think he’ll be okay?” the girls nodded in reply, “Okay, I was sifting through computer records, you know, looking for similar cases, that kind of thing, when I noticed I had a new e-mail. I didn’t pay attention to it for a while. I figured it was most likely just junk mail anyway, but when I finally did check it, guess who it was from? Robin.” He waited a moment for this to sink in before continuing with his story, “It said he’d been kidnapped by some lady named Miss. Sarah, and is being held in a place called Miss. Sarah’s home for disturbed boys. He was about to run away when he sent the e-mail, but I guess he got caught. He sent it several hours ago, around one this afternoon. All he knows about its location is that its somewhere in the city. Do either of you have any idea where this home could be?” Neither of them had any idea. Just as they were going to all go search for references to Miss. Sarah, their communicators went off.

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Through the doors lay a room filled with televisions displaying security footage. Intrigued, he stared at the mesmerizing black and white screens that provided the only light for the room. Some of the screens portrayed dorm style bedrooms, several showed a cafeteria, and one was the inside of an office, the name plate on the desk read, “Miss. Sarah.” He was so absorbed in watching the footage that he didn’t hear the thundering footsteps echoing down the hall until their owners stormed through the sliding doors. They were armed with energy weapons, and were a little trigger-happy.

Purely out of habit, Beast Boy transformed himself into a rhino. Without stopping to consider the odds, or even notice that guards just kept coming in, he charged at the first target he saw, successfully knocking out three of them on his first run. Now he changed into his favorite animal: a gorilla. Beast Boy swung his mighty fists in no apparent pattern, but his aim didn’t matter much now. It didn’t make a difference where his fists landed they always struck an enemy. Momentarily converting to his human form, one of the guard’s lasers struck his shoulder, but BB’s adrenalin was flowing too fast for him to care now.

If any of the other Titan’s could have seen him in this fight, they wouldn’t have believed that it was Beast Boy fighting. He was making no mistakes, never stopped to celebrate a small victory. Everywhere he struck he left mountains of defeated enemies in his wake. The guards however had one advantage: Beast Boy was one fourteen-year-old changeling, and in the end an army will always defeat one hero.

Beast Boy fought valiantly, but for every one guard he defeated, five more took his place. The tiny room was soon filled with the guards, and Beast Boy was forced to retreat into the storage room, and eventually up the stairs. As he was backing up the last two steps, once again in human form, one of the guards got off a lucky shot.

His shoulder wound had been a mere graze, and that hurt like heck. The guard’s shot came full force at his thigh, ripping through muscle and flesh, exposing the bone. Beast Boy cried out in agony, literally crawling up to the abandoned building’s first floor.

The guards didn’t pursue him up the stairs, but Beast Boy wasn’t really worried about that right now. Later on he guessed that they had been ordered only to prevent him from entering the building, but he never really knew for sure. Right now however, he couldn’t think about anything. The pain from his leg added to that of his shoulder, was paralyzing. Shaking uncontrollably, Beast Boy reached for his communicator, nearly dropping it several times before finally managing to call the Tower.

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“Yeah?” Cyborg asked confused.

“C—C—Cy?” Beast Boy’s shaky voice asked over the speaker.

“Beast Boy what’s wrong?” Cy asked, his voice suddenly filled with concern.

“I…I need you guys.”

“Where are you?”

“I….I don’t know…somewhere on the edge of town. Look Cy…I’m…I’m hurt, and pretty bad. Can’t….can’t you just….track my….” Beast Boy struggled to finish the sentence. The pauses between his words were filled with muffled cries, and small screams he was desperately trying to hide.

“Yeah, I’ll track your communicator. We’ll be there asap. Just hold on BB.” Cyborg turned to Star and Rae who had listened in stunned silence to the entire conversation and ordered, “Let’s go.”

About a dozen things ran through Rae’s mind. That she couldn’t be concerned about Beast Boy, she couldn’t be afraid. That she couldn’t lose control. That she had to remain calm had to maintain her stone like peace. Then another thought cam into her. Beast Boy was her friend, no matter how annoying he could be, and he was in trouble. Why hadn’t she already left? With that thought, she picked up Cyborg and flew out of the window, Starfire following close behind.

Finding Beast Boy seemed to take an eternity. It didn’t help that they knew he was hurt and desperate enough to call for help while he was running away. There was an audible sigh when Cyborg announced, “Booyah! I found him!”

“Where?” Raven asked simply.

“Two miles dead ahead.” They nodded and increased speed, no one speaking until they reached their destination: an abandoned house on the edge of the city. Rapidly landing, they ran inside frantically searching for their friend.

“Guys?” asked a familiar voice from a room in the back.

“Beast Boy!” Starfire screamed, running towards his voice, Raven and Cyborg following shortly behind. They found him lying on the floor, blood freely flowing from a wound in his leg, a painful looking burn on his shoulder, moaning softly in pain. His skin was pale from loss of blood, his hand shaking as he brought it up in a silent greeting to his friends. Starfire repeated his name, softly this time. She held back, not sure how to help her friend. Raven rushed past her, her movements sure of themselves, no doubt hidden in them.

Swiftly and silently Raven began performing the art of healing as best she could. Pulling off her violet cloak, she folded it and gently raised Beast Boy’s head, placing the cloak beneath him as a pillow. She did what she could to stop the bleeding, but he needed to get back to the Tower. And soon.

Cyborg took up his big brother mode and kneeled down beside his friend. Smiling awkwardly he whispered, “Hey BB.” His green friend smiled weakly, not having enough energy left to speak. Taking a deep breath, Cyborg continued, “Beast Boy, I know you’re hurt, and we’re going to get you out of here, but first you need to tell me what happened.”

Raven looked up from her work, stunned at what Cyborg was asking. Some of the broken glass on the floor rose several inches off the ground as a result of her sudden outburst of surprise. Looking into Cyborg’s human eye, she saw how hard this was for him to do, endanger one friend in hopes of saving another. The anger that had been rising in her chest quickly dissipated, the broken glass falling back to the floor. Turning back to her patient, Raven placer her hand on his arm and closed her eyes. It was a spell she rarely used, giving some of her strength to another, but Beast Boy needed all the energy he could right now.

Suddenly filled with vigor, Beast Boy answered, “I went back to that alley…found a…a new trail…followed it…led me here…went down stairs…lots of guards…got my butt kicked.”

Cy smiled at his last remark, “Thanks BB, just one more question, okay?” Beast Boy nodded slightly and Cyborg continued, “Did you see anything that could identify the building?

Struggling to answer, Beast Boy managed to get out, “Something to do with a Miss. Sarah.” His eyes closed, passing out from lack of energy.

“Thanks BB,” Cyborg whispered. Turning to Starfire he said, “I’m betting that Robin’s being held down there. So Star, you and me will go down and get Robin out. Raven, stay here and take care of BB.”

Raven stood up and said, “I need to take him back to the Tower. Now,” to Cyborg and Star as they headed down the old wooden stairs.

They were already half way down the stairs before Cyborg shouted back up, “Yeah sure, take him back. We’ll meet you there.”

Sighing, Raven formed a portal, she gently picked up Beast Boy and walked through to the infirmary. She lay him down on the nearest bed tenderly and began tending to his wounds.

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Robin moaned from the floor of his padded room. The guard had stepped back, taking a short break from his otherwise continuous beatings. Gasping for breath, Robin barely had the strength to star conscious. His body ached all over, on eye already swelled shut and he could feel countless bruises already forming all over his weakened body.

Just as the guard was moving in for another bout, someone with immense strength forced through the door, sending it flying across the room. The guard spun around in shock, his bulging eyes meeting a blast from Cyborg’s prized sonic cannon. Stepping over the fallen body, Cyborg undid the straps of Robin’s straightjacket and pulled him to his feet.

“You ready to get out of here?” Cy asked his friend, a broad smile plastered on his face.

Robin stared at him saying, “You have no idea.” Switching into leadership mode, Robin continued, “Are there any guards we should be worried about? Security was pretty lax when I tried to escape, but I’d assume that they’d increased it by now.”

Cyborg looked around the room, purposefully avoiding eye contact. “Yeah, about that,” he began awkwardly, “You’d be surprised at what Star can do when she’s really angry. They shouldn’t be a problem.”

The two started running down the corridor, meeting up with Starfire outside the door. She and Robin embraced briefly, tears forming in the girl’s green eyes. Robin whispered words of comfort as the passed by the bodies of fallen guards sprawled across the hallway. After a few minutes Robin asked as they ran, “How’d you guys find me anyways?”

“Well BB found the building, but once we got in this kid named Bobby showed us where you were being held. He kept talking about these rats, but I never saw any,” Cyborg answered in a confused voice.

Robin smiled at the thought of Bobby, what could he say the kid was sweet. They ran the rest of the way in silence. When they reached the rooms where Beast Boy had fought the guards, Robin looked around in awe. Cy smiled and promised that he’d hear about it later. When the reached the surface, Star picked up Robin and flew home. She and Cy could tell that he was severely weakened, not to mention all the bruises. Cyborg volunteered to stay behind and wait for the cops. They had taken out the guards, the police should be able to deal with Miss. Sarah, whoever she was.

Sproxie

12-22-2004, 09:55 PM

WOW.
This story ROCKS!!! :D
BB did some serious butt-kicking. and everything was described perfectly.
This is the last chapter? :sad: There WILL be a epilogue, Right? :crying:

starburn1116

12-23-2004, 12:33 PM

WOW.
This story ROCKS!!! :D
BB did some serious butt-kicking. and everything was described perfectly.
This is the last chapter? :sad: There WILL be a prologue, Right? :crying:i think u mean epilouge
man this rox
i also hope there will be an epilouge

Sproxie

12-23-2004, 02:25 PM

Yea, I meant epilogue... :sweat:

Crowgirl

12-23-2004, 02:32 PM

Wait a sec, that's the end?

NOOOO!!! It's too good for that, and what about Miss Sarah? YOu should put her in the puffy room and the straight jacket. Or, you can let me deal with her..

*Eyes glow white and hands crackle with dark energy*

But that was a really good chapter. I like how BB called the others for help. It shows that the Titans really work better as a team. You know how the first episode of the show was 'Divide and Conquer'? Your story proves the opposite.

Crowgirl

JazzyChick

12-23-2004, 08:39 PM

thanks for your uhhh (what's the word? better yet, how do you spell it?)enthusiasm Crowgirl, but yes, that was the end. i'll post the epilogue shortly (mabye tomorrow, if i can't they you'll have to wait until the 26 or 27 'cause i'll be doing family stuff on Christmas) to tie up a few loose ends, but its over.

anywho, since all of my christmas short story ideas suck, i wont work on anything for the contest and will be starting a new fic soon. it'll be called Hero Worship, so please be looking for it in the not so distant future.

TeenTitansGO!

12-23-2004, 10:24 PM

*applause fills the auditorium and people stand from every direction. JC shrinks back and blushes, and the crowd laughs and screams.* GREAT FIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Loved it. please do our secret idea. please. You know the other ending. I'll probably post my short story in a few days. Bring on the Hero Worship.

TTG~That was SO TOTALLY WICKED!

Vivace

12-23-2004, 10:59 PM

Great quality, really awesome story, and it had round rubber rats. Though it does lack Yellow Ninjas bought from a pawn shop....10/5!

Thats
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out of
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JazzyChick

12-24-2004, 02:51 PM

Merry (or Happy) Christmas everybody! as an early present, here's the epilogue. hope you like it!

Epilogue

Robin woke up slowly, it had been three days since he had gotten back to the Tower, but his bruises were still as painful as ever. Miss. Sarah had been arrested and was being taken to an insane asylum later that day. As for Bobby and all of the other boys, they had been taken to get some real help. Amazingly enough, all of the other boys really did have mental issues; Miss. Sarah had just kidnapped them in her insane attempt to ‘help’ them. All of their parents had been contacted, and most had already been reunited. Beast Boy was recovering, he couldn’t walk on his leg yet and had to keep his arm in a sling from the shoulder injury, but he would be okay in a week or two.

He slowly walked into the bathroom and took a long, hot shower, letting the scalding water ease away some of the stiffness from his aching limbs. Eventually, he shut the water off and dressed himself, preparing to go down to the kitchen and get some breakfast.

The halls were empty; it was almost eleven so everyone else was probably already up. When he opened the doors to the kitchen/living room/control room, a wave of noise rushed up to greet his ears. Chaos was spread across the living room.

Beast Boy was sitting on the couch looking pitiful, his injured leg propped up on a pillow. He was trying to convince Cyborg to go get him another soda. Cyborg had been pretty much taking care of BB ever since he got out of the infirmary, and was really getting sick of being ordered around all the time.

“Dude! Come on, please!” Beast Boy begged, putting on the saddest face he could muster.

“BB! I’ve been waiting on you hand and foot for three days! Give me a break,” Cyborg shouted back in frustration.

Robin tuned out their conversation, though it continued on like that for some time. Turning to Raven, he saw her reading quietly in a corner, sipping herbal tea. Starfire was in the kitchen, shoving a CD into the toaster.

“Why do you not play the music?!” the confused girl shouted at the smoking toaster. Robin rushed over to her as the toaster started to shake. Before he could reach her however, it exploded sending bits of metal flying across the room. Raven put up a shield of black energy as the projectiles came flying at her. Beast Boy shrieked in a high pitched girly voice as he grabbed a pillow and pulled it over his head for protection. Cyborg just raised his fist to cover the human side of his face. Starfire ducked beneath the table, and Robin pulled his cape around him.

After a few seconds of stunned silence, Rae put down her shield, and continued reading as if nothing had happened, BB threw his pillow at Cyborg and took up their argument where it had left off, and Starfire picked up the smoldering remains of the toaster. A funeral for it was held later in the day.

Shaking his head Robin muttered to himself, “I’m surrounded by insanity.”

decka

12-24-2004, 02:55 PM

That poor poor toster:(

starfire0639

12-25-2004, 05:58 AM

yaaaaaaaaaay i love it so much and i love the last line by robin that was cool kinda sums the whole thign up really how he says he sorounded by insanity pure dry humor:anime: anyways its sad to see the story ending but i guess all good things have to coem to an end and this tory wasnt good.....it was great!ok i know corny but hye you can tget madITS CHRISTMAS!MERRY HOLIDAYS TO ALL YOU GUYS LOVE YAS:D

TeenTitansGO!

12-25-2004, 10:39 PM

*finally looks up after play9ing his Nintendo DS for three and a half hours* OH! I almost forgot. That was a great story, and, though I knew it was coming, the epilogue was great. You captured all your characters true actions and thoughts well, especially Robin, and you captured every nerve in the reader and twisted it 'til it snapped. Great job, girl. Keep on truckin'.

TTG~(we're sorry, but TTG is too busy to speak right now as he has moved from his DS to his Palm Pilot and his marvelous Marvel leatherbound history book)

ShadowOfAGhost

12-27-2004, 12:39 PM

Sorry, I didn't post sooner. ditto everything that has been said. Excelent Work! I will look for your other story as well.

Vivace

12-27-2004, 01:27 PM

I don't know what to say about your story but,

Excellent
Incrible
Hilarious
Funny
Really good stuff
and
Renold

Pookey

12-29-2004, 01:34 AM

lmao, i loved it! you are an awesome writer!

Kregor8

12-31-2004, 11:28 AM

Shaking his head Robin muttered to himself, “I’m surrounded by insanity.”That was so wicked funny, I can't believe it. There couldn't have been a better line to end this story. *snickers again, remembering how stupid he looks when he does that*
Should I do a list of highlights? Ah, heck. Why not?
1) Starfire. She gets so worked up over Robin that Beast Boy's room looks like the Ritz after seeing hers. She goes into full battle fury on the guards. She kills the toaster, trying to make it play music. Then she holds a funeral for it. Ehehehehe. Completely amazing.
2) Miss Sarah. It's cool that you were able to invent a good villian, not by making him (her) extremely powerful, or gross, or evil. She's just bats. Like a kindergarten teacher who finally flipped. Wow - that's a freekin scary thought.
3) Bobby. Sweet little nut. Round rubber rats! You found a good balance for him, I think. You repeat things a good number of times, but he also can do other things. He's thoughtful, just obsessive.
4) Robin. Calculating, planning, and pretty ticked. I almost think sometimes that Robin can't survive without his team - and so it is. He can't even escape from a few loonies (lunatics, not moon people) on his own!
Ok, that's all I'm going to do for now, because I have way more to read. So, congrats!

Happy New Year,
7<regor

Sproxie

12-31-2004, 06:21 PM

I don't know what to say about your story but,

Excellent
Incrible
Hilarious
Funny
Really good stuff
and
RenoldMy words exactly.