Fan Fiction ❯ Demon in Disguise: On Tamaran ❯ Chapter 15

"Are we there yet?" Beast Boy pestered Cyborg for the umpteenth time, as the half-mechanical Titan navigated his creation through the empty black void that was outer space.

"For the hundredth millionth time ... No!" Cyborg exclaimed. "We'd get their a whole lot faster if you'd quit asking me that every few seconds!"

The changeling looked crestfallen. "Sorry,"

"Maybe you should go talk to somebody else?" Cyborg suggested.

Beast Boy nodded, and left the bridge.

"There has to be someone who'll hang out with me." BB thought, as he walked through the T-Craft in search of companionship. Then an idea popped into his brain. "I know!"

"Hey, Robin," Beast Boy burst into the room where Terra was being guarded by the masked leader of the Titans. "If you wanna take a break, I can guard her, and make sure that she doesn't escape and stuff."

Robin shot his friend a sceptical gaze: "I dunno Beast Boy, the two of you were pretty close."

"Yeah, we were pretty close," the green one agreed. "But that was like two years ago. C'mon please!"

"Well," the Boy Wonder hesitated. "All right. I was going to go eat lunch anyway."

Robin then left the changeling to guard their former teammate.

"Cockney, ha! She ain't a Cockney!" Lizia's voice rang out loud and clear. "She's a bloody Mockney, that's what she is!"

"But how do you know this? You slept through nearly the entire movie."

"I was tired!" Lizia defended her actions. "And the only reason why I even watched that picture with yer, was because yer wouldn't quit askin' me stupid questions until I did. Ah-ah-ah-ow-ow-ow and garn, indeed! Never in me life 'ave I ever said anythin' so stupid-soundin' as them two words!"

"Yes, but is she a real person?"

"No! Fer the 'undredth time no! She ain't a kosher person! Never 'as been! Never will be!"

"Robin?" Starfire suddenly noticed her leader standing in the kitchen staring confusedly at the two quarreling aliens. "Eliza Doolittle is a real person, yes?"

"Huh? What're you talking about Star?" Robin asked.

The Tamaranean held up a DVD case for her leader to inspect. "See?"

"My Fair Lady, Star?"

"Yes, Robin. Eliza Doolittle is on the front of the case."

"Uh, Starfire? That's Audrey Hepburn."

"Yes, but-" Starfire started.

"Star, Eliza Doolittle never existed." the masked Titan explained. "Audrey Hepburn was the woman who played Eliza in the movie."

The Cocknelian grinned triumphantly. "Told yer. Now, if yer'll excuse me, I 'ave much more important things to do wiv me time." She then left in a huff.

"Where do you believe that she has retired to?" Starfire asked.

"From what I've seen of her," Robin replied. "she's probably gone somewhere to gloat."

"Wouldn't it be loverly? I 'ate that song, I do. It's so ruddy annoyin'! And yet it ain't. Wouldn't it be loverly, indeed."

"Lizia, to whom are you speaking?" Equinox suddenly appeared from out of nowhere.

"I was talkin' to meself, love. Sorry if my ramblin' disturbed yer. It didn't, did it?"

"No." Kathrand'r quickly replied. "I was searching for you, actually. There are only so many times in which a person may sharpen a sword before they end up accidently slicing themselves open, or the task becomes tedious. In my situation, I accomplished both."

"Yer're 'urt?" The Cocknelian's expression turned from an indignant scowl one moment, to an expression of extreme concern the next.

"I have thoroughly cleaned and bandaged the wound. I will be fine, I assure you." Here she showed a bandaged hand as proof of her words.

"Nice bandage." Lizia's voice was filled with sarcasm. "The Titans 'ave their own bandages?"

The Tamaranean glanced down at her bandaged limb, taking in the badly drawn likeness of Raven. "They have their own everything."

"Yer miss 'er, don't yer?"

"Yes, I do." "I miss Raven very much. Very much indeed."

"Now, don't yer go gettin' all weepy." Lizia placed a magenta hand on her friend's shoulder. "It doesn't suit yer."

"I am not weepy." Kathrand'r contradicted.

"Of course yer ain't weepy. I'm just sayin' that if yer was to get weepy that it wouldn't suit yer."

"You possess the tendency to ramble on about various subjects. Did you know that?"

"Yeah, yer've told me that more then once."

"Do you hear that?"

"Hear what, Kath?"

"That sound."

The Cocknelian strained to hear. "Yer mean that sound comin' from that door over there?"

With a nod of her raven head, Equinox started towards the door from which the sound was coming, Lizia following right behind her.

As they drew closer to the door in question, the sounds from behind it became more distinct. Moans and groans could be heard easily. The door was then flung open.

"Were you two spying on us?!" the shrill voice of Terra rang out, quickly extricating herself from Beast Boy's embrace.

"Bloody hell!" Lizia's exclamation brought Robin, Starfire, and K'liah running.

"What's happening?" Robin panted. "What's the problem?"

"Them two was--" Lizia stopped, then started. "Them two was--"

"Those two were engaged in osculation!" Equinox burst out.

The changeling looked up indignantly. "We were not! Um, what's osculation?"

"You was snoggin' the ruddy enemy, you was." the Cocknelian attempted to explain.

Beast Boy wore an extremely confused expression on his green-skinned face. "Huh?"

"You and Terra were kissing." Robin explained. "You said that you wouldn't do anything. You gave me your word that nothing would happen. You said--"

Just then the ship slowly began to descend.

"I would advise all of you to dress in layers," Equinox advised. "for the Gordanian home world is stifling during the day, and freezing at night."

All of the T-Craft's inhabitants did as she had advised, and they were soon out in search of their missing comrade.

A/N: The frases "Ah-ah-ah-ow-ow-ow" and "Garn," were both used in the 1964 film "My Fair Lady." Converting /tmp/phpmr7rtn to /dev/stdout