Chapter 4 - Forces of Nature

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The night sky is filled with dark thunderhead clouds, flashing lightning that illuminates their contours. A bulky silhouette stands up among them and begins to swing a pair of sticks against the clouds. Every time it brings them down, there is another strike and accompanying thunderclap. A second silhouette, this one much thinner and with spiky upswept hair, stands up and directs its hands here and there. More lightning crackles every time it does so.

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Titans Tower

In the hall, Beast Boy has become a buffalo and is straining mightily at a rubber band looped over his horns, trying to catch it on a nearby hook. He succeeds and ducks away, coming up in human form with a mischievous smile on his face. Now he produces a large, filled slime balloon that sloshes a bit in his hands, and he lets off a wicked little chuckle. "This is gonna be so sweet!"

"What are you doing?"

Surprised by Raven's words, he lets go of the balloon and completely freaks out as he tries desperately to make a safe catch. Finally, he gets hold of it and turns around.

"Please tell me this isn't another ridiculous prank."

"Okay. It's not a ridiculous prank. It's a brilliant one!" He laughs as Raven rolls her eyes wearily. "All right, check it out. 'Member how Spider-Man sprayed his webs below my waist and I couldn't go to the bathroom for days? Well, sister, it's payback time."

"I think it was rightfully deserved, considering how you entered his room knowing it's off limits."

Beast Boy smirks. "Yeah, kind of reminds me of someone else on the team."

"Shut it."

A pull string hangs down from the ceiling and the green Titan reaches for it. "Anyways, I give you... the Beast Boy Insta-Lube 9000!" As he says this, he pulls the string and he and Raven backs up.

The rubber band, which is part of a floor-mounted slingshot is seen, held back by the hook and with the balloon loaded in. A tripwire in front of the rig runs through overhead pulleys and is tied to a lever that is in turn connected to the hook.

"See, when Spidey steps around the corner, his foot will tug the string. The string trips the lever... the lever releases the mother of all rubber bands..."

Raven walks over to the setup, and the green goofball pops into view with the ammo.

He loads it in. "... which sends the slime balloon right at him, messing up his web shooters, and BOOSH! Pretty clever, huh?"

"You're a genius." She says in an uncaring tone.

"It's just a little good clean dirty fun." He perks up his ear to listen a door opening. "Here he comes." He ducks away, then back to whisk her off.

"Whoa!" They hide around a corner. "I do not think–"

"Shhh!"

"But what if–?"

"Shhh!"

Long silence looms over before a whisper is heard. "Why are we hiding?"

"Shhh!" Beast Boy then realizes who he was shushing. "Cyborg?! What are you doing here?" He whispered.

The bionic Titan is hunched down with them. "I wanted to see what you guys are up to."

"Just be quiet and watch."

With all of this happening, you were watching from above the ceiling in amusement all this time. 'I don't think so, Beast Boy.' You used your web to make your way to the three, hanging upside down. "Hey guys! What are you doing?" You asked, pretending to be clueless on the situation.

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