Chapter 6: Sturdiness (Cyborg x Terra)
Red lights filled the Tower of certain heroes and 6 teens dashed towards a certain blue and white car.
4 of them squeezed in the back while the others sat comfortably in the front.
"Cy, how about you upgrade your car next time to make more room?" Beast Boy said, trying to find some comfort between Terra and the door of the car.
The blonde-haired girl turned to him. "It's just for a while. Don't tell me a bit lack of space annoys you that much?" she smiled before her arms went around his shoulder and his face turned pink. "Who doesn't like to be squeezed between your two best friends?" she smiled, pulling them a bit closer.
"Guess who?" Raven said annoyed before she pulled away from her grasp.
"Do not worry! It is not me," Starfire beamed and hugged the half-demon lovingly.
"I'm afraid not," Raven replied annoyed.
"Come on, BB. I'm sure that you'll like this tweak I made instead," Cyborg grinned before he pushed a button that was at the side of the wheel.
5 teens cried out before they were pushed into their seats as the T-Car suddenly gained a speed boost and zoomed across the street.
"Cyborg! That was the worst thing you made to your car yet," Raven shouted angrily before she shivered, seeing drops of saliva flying only inches across from her face.
"Hey, Beast Boy doesn't think like that," Cyborg smirked, seeing the green teen poking his head out of the open window with a hanging tongue.
"That's Beast Boy! He probably would even like it if you turned him into a robot," Raven retorted.
"And what about Terra? She's been laughing ever since I pressed that button."
"I don't hear her laughing."
Cyborg looked into the rearview mirror.
"In fact…I don't see her at all," Raven deadpanned.
The car suddenly lunged forward before it came to a sudden stop, causing the others to tumble forward and Beast Boy to be thrown out of the window.
"And you tell me that now!?" he shouted.
"She said she'll be back."
Cyborg got out of the car before the others followed.
"You could have at least gone easy on the brakes dude," Beast Boy complained as he got up, rubbing his head.
"And what do we do while she's…God knows where?" Cyborg asked, unable to spot the girl.
"Get Plasmus!" Robin shouted and dashed towards the pink monster.
Plasmus evaded the kick aimed for him and took hold of Robin's foot and swung him against Beast Boy.
They rolled a few times across the floor before they came to a stop by the T-Car. Starfire and Raven flew up to the monster before it shot down Starfire with its green goo.
Raven evaded the second attack and countered with a ray of dark magic but the slime monster hid behind several tanks of chemicals before they exploded.
Raven floated closer and Starfire recovered, coming up behind her.
Suddenly more goo shot at her and before she could form a shield, she was hit and thrown against Starfire and they fell towards the ground.
It approached them before Cyborg lifted it and with a mighty swing, sent it to the floor.
Cyborg activated his sonic-cannon before he had to evade a flying container.
More and more containers flew towards him and were occasionally blown up or hit away by Robin and Beast Boy.
Another container flew towards Robin and he ducked only to be shot with more slime and to his surprise he was sticking to the floor.
Beast Boy hurried up to his leader.
"No. Just get Plasmus!" Robin shouted before Beast Boy was shot as well, lying on the floor next to him.
"Too late," Beast Boy mumbled, also covered in the sticky substance.
Cyborg came up behind Plasmus and shot at it with his cannon before the slime monster did the same, nullifying their attacks. "Let's kick it up a notch!"
He shot out 2 rockets but Plasmus threw a container towards the weapons, and its contents spilled in the explosion, causing the half-robot to take a step back.
And that distraction was all it took to take him by surprise.
A large glob of green shot towards him and Cyborg lifted his arm only for the green substance to cover his cannon, causing it to sizzle as he landed onto the floor.
Plasmus approached the half-robot…before a boulder slammed against it from the right.
All looked in the direction the boulder came from and were surprised to see Terra standing not far from them, her hands glowing yellow.
Plasmus recovered quickly and shot more of the green glob which the rock user evaded.
Terra floated on a piece of rock, evading another green attack before she lifted her hands.
Suddenly the wall of the cinema close to them began cracking before it crumbled down onto Plasmus, burying him.
For a moment nobody spoke as they waited for Plasmus to come emerging out of the pile of concrete.
But nothing moved.
Terra's hands lost their glow and she smiled. "I guess I came at the right time."
And for a short moment Cyborg's anger came back.
"Where were you?"
Raven's sudden outburst made him flinch.
"I-I…was just-"
"We could have almost lost. It better be something important," the half-demon said and Terra slowly lowered her head before Raven went past her.
Using her magic she removed some of the sticky substance that stuck to Beast Boy and Robin before she silently went back to the car.
Cyborg approached the rock user who still looked to the floor. "What were you doing?"
She bit her lip nervously.
"Don't worry! I won't tell Raven."
"I…was trying to watch stars…but there weren't any," she replied in a low voice. Cyborg looked in surprise before she turned away and went to the parked car.
The ride back to the Tower was painfully silent and even Beast Boy knew not to crack any jokes about how Terra 'rocked'.
When they arrived, Terra was the first to exit the car followed by Raven and when Starfire moved to get up, Cyborg stopped her.
"Guys! Can you do me a favor?"
3 pairs of eyes looked on in surprise.
Terra was in the common room, zapping through the TV channels with lack of interest.
"Hey, Terra! Wanna play some midnight match?" Beast Boy asked her after he dropped himself casually onto the couch.
"Oh, not really."
His smile faded when seeing her stand up.
Starfire floated close to her face. "Then wouldn't you rather like some of my Tamaranian dinner?" she asked, holding up a spoon with yellow sauce dripping from it.
"Not hungry."
"Isn't that just mustard?" Beast Boy wondered, pointing to Starfire's spoon and she gave him an angry look.
"Do you want to see something?"
Robin's voice made her stop for a short moment.
"What?"
Meanwhile Raven exited her room in search for something to drink.
And Terra's room came into her view.
The half-demon approached the open door and saw with surprise that Cyborg was pacing back and forth. "Cyborg?"
He jumped from his skin when he heard her voice. "Raven? What are you doing here?"
"Shouldn't Terra be asking that you?"
"After you guys…had that argument, she seemed pretty down and I asked her where she had been."
"And?" Raven raised an eyebrow.
"And it wasn't something important – at least not to us. But that was not something you had to get worked up about."
"Ok. Maybe I shouldn't have been so angry at her. But what does that have to do with you?"
She saw a smile on his face.
Terra was facing Jump City as a gentle breeze blew across the rooftop of Titan Tower. "So what exactly did you want to show me?" she asked, staring expectantly into the night.
"Watch for stars."
She turned to him and he saw that her sad expression returned. "I've…had enough of star-gazing tonight," she murmured and turned away, walking back towards her room.
"Way to go, Robin," Beast Boy said, causing the leader to shoot him a deadly glare before they dashed after the girl.
"Terra, wait!" Robin called after her, trying to stop her from entering her room.
The door slid open and she stepped inside before she gasped in surprise.
"I can't believe it!" she murmured and looked around her room.
Dots of white light glowed on the ceiling of her dark room and she felt a smile forming on her lips. "They…look just like stars!"
"I figured that since you like to sleep under stars and couldn't spot any today, I just built some for you. Now you can sleep under stars every night." She turned around and saw Cyborg standing by her door with a smile on his face before Terra lunged herself at him with open arms. "Thanks, Cyborg!" she mumbled into him.
"And I guess it wasn't as unimportant as I thought it was," Raven murmured before she floated down the hallway, leaving Terra staring after her in surprise.
"I guess that's her way of saying 'I'm sorry'." Cyborg said before Terra let him go. "If you need anything I'll be in the kitchen cooking up some dinner."
"And this time I'll win," Terra smirked, remembering how she lost on her last eating contest with Cyborg, ending up with a sick stomach.
"My stomach's made out of metal. Nothing can beat it!"
"Well, too bad that rock will this time win out."
"We'll see about that."
Terra glanced at the ceiling.
"So you're coming?" Cyborg asked.
"Go ahead. I'll catch up to you," he heard her say.
"Take all the time you need," he smiled before he turned away.
"Cyborg!"
His thoughts flew out of the window when hearing Raven's shout. "What?"
"I told you turn down that music," she said annoyed as they were driving through the night.
His eyes turned away from the figure that stood in the distance and he turned off the music. He glanced into the rearview mirror and saw that the blonde-haired girl still looked into the sky.
A smile formed on her face before he saw her turn in his direction.
And he realized that Terra was as sturdy as rock just as he was as strong as metal - because she would wait…until the next stars appear to make her nights a bit brighter. And he knew tonight was one of those nights.
Red lights filled the Tower of certain heroes and 6 teens dashed towards a certain blue and white car.
4 of them squeezed in the back while the others sat comfortably in the front.
"Cy, how about you upgrade your car next time to make more room?" Beast Boy said, trying to find some comfort between Terra and the door of the car.
The blonde-haired girl turned to him. "It's just for a while. Don't tell me a bit lack of space annoys you that much?" she smiled before her arms went around his shoulder and his face turned pink. "Who doesn't like to be squeezed between your two best friends?" she smiled, pulling them a bit closer.
"Guess who?" Raven said annoyed before she pulled away from her grasp.
"Do not worry! It is not me," Starfire beamed and hugged the half-demon lovingly.
"I'm afraid not," Raven replied annoyed.
"Come on, BB. I'm sure that you'll like this tweak I made instead," Cyborg grinned before he pushed a button that was at the side of the wheel.
5 teens cried out before they were pushed into their seats as the T-Car suddenly gained a speed boost and zoomed across the street.
"Cyborg! That was the worst thing you made to your car yet," Raven shouted angrily before she shivered, seeing drops of saliva flying only inches across from her face.
"Hey, Beast Boy doesn't think like that," Cyborg smirked, seeing the green teen poking his head out of the open window with a hanging tongue.
"That's Beast Boy! He probably would even like it if you turned him into a robot," Raven retorted.
"And what about Terra? She's been laughing ever since I pressed that button."
"I don't hear her laughing."
Cyborg looked into the rearview mirror.
"In fact…I don't see her at all," Raven deadpanned.
The car suddenly lunged forward before it came to a sudden stop, causing the others to tumble forward and Beast Boy to be thrown out of the window.
"And you tell me that now!?" he shouted.
"She said she'll be back."
Cyborg got out of the car before the others followed.
"You could have at least gone easy on the brakes dude," Beast Boy complained as he got up, rubbing his head.
"And what do we do while she's…God knows where?" Cyborg asked, unable to spot the girl.
"Get Plasmus!" Robin shouted and dashed towards the pink monster.
Plasmus evaded the kick aimed for him and took hold of Robin's foot and swung him against Beast Boy.
They rolled a few times across the floor before they came to a stop by the T-Car. Starfire and Raven flew up to the monster before it shot down Starfire with its green goo.
Raven evaded the second attack and countered with a ray of dark magic but the slime monster hid behind several tanks of chemicals before they exploded.
Raven floated closer and Starfire recovered, coming up behind her.
Suddenly more goo shot at her and before she could form a shield, she was hit and thrown against Starfire and they fell towards the ground.
It approached them before Cyborg lifted it and with a mighty swing, sent it to the floor.
Cyborg activated his sonic-cannon before he had to evade a flying container.
More and more containers flew towards him and were occasionally blown up or hit away by Robin and Beast Boy.
Another container flew towards Robin and he ducked only to be shot with more slime and to his surprise he was sticking to the floor.
Beast Boy hurried up to his leader.
"No. Just get Plasmus!" Robin shouted before Beast Boy was shot as well, lying on the floor next to him.
"Too late," Beast Boy mumbled, also covered in the sticky substance.
Cyborg came up behind Plasmus and shot at it with his cannon before the slime monster did the same, nullifying their attacks. "Let's kick it up a notch!"
He shot out 2 rockets but Plasmus threw a container towards the weapons, and its contents spilled in the explosion, causing the half-robot to take a step back.
And that distraction was all it took to take him by surprise.
A large glob of green shot towards him and Cyborg lifted his arm only for the green substance to cover his cannon, causing it to sizzle as he landed onto the floor.
Plasmus approached the half-robot…before a boulder slammed against it from the right.
All looked in the direction the boulder came from and were surprised to see Terra standing not far from them, her hands glowing yellow.
Plasmus recovered quickly and shot more of the green glob which the rock user evaded.
Terra floated on a piece of rock, evading another green attack before she lifted her hands.
Suddenly the wall of the cinema close to them began cracking before it crumbled down onto Plasmus, burying him.
For a moment nobody spoke as they waited for Plasmus to come emerging out of the pile of concrete.
But nothing moved.
Terra's hands lost their glow and she smiled. "I guess I came at the right time."
And for a short moment Cyborg's anger came back.
"Where were you?"
Raven's sudden outburst made him flinch.
"I-I…was just-"
"We could have almost lost. It better be something important," the half-demon said and Terra slowly lowered her head before Raven went past her.
Using her magic she removed some of the sticky substance that stuck to Beast Boy and Robin before she silently went back to the car.
Cyborg approached the rock user who still looked to the floor. "What were you doing?"
She bit her lip nervously.
"Don't worry! I won't tell Raven."
"I…was trying to watch stars…but there weren't any," she replied in a low voice. Cyborg looked in surprise before she turned away and went to the parked car.
The ride back to the Tower was painfully silent and even Beast Boy knew not to crack any jokes about how Terra 'rocked'.
When they arrived, Terra was the first to exit the car followed by Raven and when Starfire moved to get up, Cyborg stopped her.
"Guys! Can you do me a favor?"
3 pairs of eyes looked on in surprise.
Terra was in the common room, zapping through the TV channels with lack of interest.
"Hey, Terra! Wanna play some midnight match?" Beast Boy asked her after he dropped himself casually onto the couch.
"Oh, not really."
His smile faded when seeing her stand up.
Starfire floated close to her face. "Then wouldn't you rather like some of my Tamaranian dinner?" she asked, holding up a spoon with yellow sauce dripping from it.
"Not hungry."
"Isn't that just mustard?" Beast Boy wondered, pointing to Starfire's spoon and she gave him an angry look.
"Do you want to see something?"
Robin's voice made her stop for a short moment.
"What?"
Meanwhile Raven exited her room in search for something to drink.
And Terra's room came into her view.
The half-demon approached the open door and saw with surprise that Cyborg was pacing back and forth. "Cyborg?"
He jumped from his skin when he heard her voice. "Raven? What are you doing here?"
"Shouldn't Terra be asking that you?"
"After you guys…had that argument, she seemed pretty down and I asked her where she had been."
"And?" Raven raised an eyebrow.
"And it wasn't something important – at least not to us. But that was not something you had to get worked up about."
"Ok. Maybe I shouldn't have been so angry at her. But what does that have to do with you?"
She saw a smile on his face.
Terra was facing Jump City as a gentle breeze blew across the rooftop of Titan Tower. "So what exactly did you want to show me?" she asked, staring expectantly into the night.
"Watch for stars."
She turned to him and he saw that her sad expression returned. "I've…had enough of star-gazing tonight," she murmured and turned away, walking back towards her room.
"Way to go, Robin," Beast Boy said, causing the leader to shoot him a deadly glare before they dashed after the girl.
"Terra, wait!" Robin called after her, trying to stop her from entering her room.
The door slid open and she stepped inside before she gasped in surprise.
"I can't believe it!" she murmured and looked around her room.
Dots of white light glowed on the ceiling of her dark room and she felt a smile forming on her lips. "They…look just like stars!"
"I figured that since you like to sleep under stars and couldn't spot any today, I just built some for you. Now you can sleep under stars every night." She turned around and saw Cyborg standing by her door with a smile on his face before Terra lunged herself at him with open arms. "Thanks, Cyborg!" she mumbled into him.
"And I guess it wasn't as unimportant as I thought it was," Raven murmured before she floated down the hallway, leaving Terra staring after her in surprise.
"I guess that's her way of saying 'I'm sorry'." Cyborg said before Terra let him go. "If you need anything I'll be in the kitchen cooking up some dinner."
"And this time I'll win," Terra smirked, remembering how she lost on her last eating contest with Cyborg, ending up with a sick stomach.
"My stomach's made out of metal. Nothing can beat it!"
"Well, too bad that rock will this time win out."
"We'll see about that."
Terra glanced at the ceiling.
"So you're coming?" Cyborg asked.
"Go ahead. I'll catch up to you," he heard her say.
"Take all the time you need," he smiled before he turned away.
"Cyborg!"
His thoughts flew out of the window when hearing Raven's shout. "What?"
"I told you turn down that music," she said annoyed as they were driving through the night.
His eyes turned away from the figure that stood in the distance and he turned off the music. He glanced into the rearview mirror and saw that the blonde-haired girl still looked into the sky.
A smile formed on her face before he saw her turn in his direction.
And he realized that Terra was as sturdy as rock just as he was as strong as metal - because she would wait…until the next stars appear to make her nights a bit brighter. And he knew tonight was one of those nights.