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[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

Faster, faster faster! The world was a blur of color around him.

Sure the colors were mostly muted and dark, empty buildings and such but that didn't matter.

All that mattered was Beastboy had energy to burn and some hardcore parkour was the ticket. Up the fire escape in monkey form, powerful arms propelling him up over the side of the building into wolf form racing, claws scraping along the stone to the edge.

The leap was graceful and made his stomach flip. Even knowing he could shift into a flying creature and save himself if he missed it didn't make the loss of gravity any easier.

He hit the next building too hard and shifted into armadillo form bouncing and rolling along the ground protected by a hardened shell.

Unfortunately blindness came with this protection and he bounced clean off the other side of the building. He shifted back mid fall and let out a yelp before shifting into monkey form again and grabbing hold of a window pole flinging himself through the air and shifting to hawk form.

That would have been so cool if I'd meant to do it.

Continuing the push for adrenaline Beastboy raced about the city in various animal forms exploring at a near frantic pace.

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[terribly2shy.livejournal.com]

Training was a lot of work. It meant getting up early, eating only what she could for a mild breakfast, and then starting off on a long run through the City. She was a little winded fifty minutes into her jog, but she kept moving, knowing that in the long run, it would help her out in the training sessions on the ship.

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

A clop clop clop would announce the arrival of Beastboy catching up with her. He'd spotted her from the sky and swooped in to join her on her run. It was significantly slower then the pace he'd been moving at but it was nice to catch his breath.

He curled his lips in a horsey smile and trotted along at her side.

[terribly2shy.livejournal.com]

Laurie recognized the green of the green horse. She smiled and gave a wave, slowing her quick-paced jog into a light one.

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

Shifting again he was in his normal form jogging along, a bit less co-ordinated then in his beast forms, "Sup pretty lady? Going my way?" He wiggled his eyebrows with a grin.

[terribly2shy.livejournal.com]

Laurie laughed softly at the joke. "Yes."

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

He turned to run backwards not paying attention where he was going in naturally.

"So what's up? Everything's starting to calm down now that Mr. tall dark and ugly is being treated in the med bay."

[terribly2shy.livejournal.com]

"That was pretty scary," Laurie said. "But at least they have everything under control now." She turned her head to him, swiping her ponytail over her shoulder.

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

"Ah nothing we can't handle." He gave her an eager thumbs up, "As long as we keep our heads we can handle anything."

Of coarse fate wouldn't let him be so cocky. As he was trying to reassure her he ran smack bam into a street sign.

Struck in the back of the head his feet flew out from under him and he crashed to the ground rolling awkwardly.

"I'm OK." He muttered into the pavement.

[terribly2shy.livejournal.com]

Laurie put a hand to her mouth to hide her smile. Beastboy was really a very comical person. She stopped and bent over, taking his hand and helping him up. "Really?"

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

He grinned sheepishly blushing from the ground, "What's another concussion? In my line of work you collect em like old newspapers." He joked grunting as he sat up and rubbed his head.

[livestoannoy]

Marco eyed the shifting green thing leaping about the city as he walked back to Cassie's house. The last time he'd encountered it, the thing had turned into a tiger on him - it may be some harmless animal at the moment, but he knew that might not last long.

Keeping it an eye on it, Marco pretended everything was normal and just kept walking - if he ignored it, it might ignore him. But if he started morphing? It might interpret that as a threat.

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

Beastboy was for the time being oblivious to Marco continuing his acrobatics through the air and across the buildings, in Octopus form he moved like a spider across a powerline that was no longer in service before shifting to turtle form and bouncing his way down the phone pole along each hook.

Once on the street he shifted into horse again dashing along the sidewalk and jumping over a felled mailbox and skidding to a stop at a soda machine.

It seemed so out of place, a soda machine in a ruined city but there it was. The horse examined it carefully, and then kicked at it with a hoof.

The machine made a horrible crashing noise and spilled out at least fifty cans of soda which began spitting and hissing, showering the area in sticky sugary liquid causing the horse to whinny and shift back into Beastboy flailing about.

[livestoannoy]

Marco took note of the way the green thing kicked the soda machine - the thing must have some intelligence, even if it wasn't smart enough to consider what happens when you shake a bunch of soda cans. Suppressing a snigger, Marco tried to use this distracted to get out of the thing's sight.

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

Dripping wet and covered in soda Beastboy groaned and shifted into dog form shaking himself off scattering sticky sweet liquid everywhere till he was mostly dry before shifting back. His hair was standing on end however.

He tried in vain to smooth it down as he scooped up an unopened can and cracked the tab to drink it. He spat it out, tongue hanging out, "Warm." He complained to no one but himself.

There was something over the sound of his dripping that caught his attention however, someone was moving nearby. Considering all that had been happening in the city lately that made Beastboy nervous. He decided to shift into dog form again and try to catch a scent. Once in canine mode he could hear more clearly along with smell and began to stalk the mysterious whoever it was.

[livestoannoy]

Once round the corner, Marco didn't stop being alert. He was half tempted to morph, but out in the open like this that was too risky. It was a good thing he kept an eye out though, because otherwise he might not have spotted the green dog slinking after him.

Seriously, was thing thing trying to get on his nerves? He'd been a dog - he knew what it looked like when they were tracking something, and Marco did not want some green freak following him back to Cassie's house. He glared at it, hoping it would go away.

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

The humor of coarse that was lost on both of them at the moment was that Beastboy had already been to Cassie's house...well Barn anyway, and had at one point or another met every Animorph on board.

All Beastboy knew was there was someone else slinking about the city and trying to avoid his keen doggy senses. Well no good there buddy. Time for the most direct approach.

He shifted back to human and called out, "Hey dude! What's up? You want some soda? I have plenty, they're just kinda...heh...warm."

[livestoannoy]

So, the green thing could turn human as well - was this his normal form, or was that something else? "You mean that soda that you managed to get all over the concrete?" Marco said dryly. "You know, I think I'll pass. I like my soda better when it's not all over my face."

He moved to start walking again, although not in the direction of Cassie's house this time.

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

Beastboy laughed rubbing the back of his head, "Yeah it usually tastes better that way, but it's a great back up for hair spray." He sprang forward in dog form trotting to catch up before shifting back to human, "I'm Beastboy, nice to meetcha!"

It was all too easy to play overly friendly and a putz.

[livestoannoy]

Marco watched closely when he turned into a dog again (what, was he incapable of walking on human legs or something?!). Not even Cassie could morph as fast as this guy - but while he had speed, he also had his draw-backs. As far as Marco could tell, no matter what Beastboy changed into it was always green. He'd be tough in a fight, but useless for infiltration.

"Marco," he said back, with significantly less overfriendlyness. "And sure, you could use soda for hair spray, but then the if the ants find your head it'll all go horribly, horribly wrong."

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

"Whoa dude, nightmare scenario." He acknowledged and tried again in vain to smooth down his hair. His glove stuck to his sticky hair and he tugged and pulled till it ripped free...along with some of his hair. "Yowch!"

[livingontheweb.livejournal.com]

Peter, crouching on a average, ordinary, non-living stone gargoyle, was blissfully unaware of the impending collision. Luckily for him, his spider-sense let him in on the the changeling's present trajectory, and the webslinger ducked, barley getting out of the hawk-formed Titan's way.

"BEAST BOY! Watch where you're going!"

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

If hawks could laugh Beastboy would be rolling about in the air, instead he just dipped his wing to Peter in greeting. Even if the webslinger hadn't dodged B.B would have swooped away. He wasn't totally oblivious after all...just mostly.

[livingontheweb.livejournal.com]

"I'm not talking to you in bird form Beast Boy. My sanity is limited as it is."

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

Beastboy finally landed on the edge of the roof near Peter and shifted back, "That's being generous dude. I'd say anyone who does the stuff we do on a day to day thing is totally insane already."

[puny-parker.livejournal.com]

"Sanity's relative. I still haven't gone as crazy as you are."