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[OPEN, Melting Clock Plot] Breathe

Lash was a changed person.

In her own world just a year ago, she had been part of Black Hole's best and brightest - a Commanding Officer that followed orders and worked towards the world-conquering goal with evil glee. She was feared, respected and loathed by her enemies. That had changed when she had escaped with Hawke due to treason for finding out Von Bolt's real plan - draining the world's resources so he could achieve immortality. In the end, they had teamed up with Orange Star and both became heroes for it. It gave her a taste of many things. Caring about others, even if she never outright said it, teaming up, even learning about how to eat properly. They had emerged victorious.

The year or so since she had awoken in Stacy had enforced that little growing spark which had been carefully fed the last few weeks in her homeworld. While at first hesitant to find people she liked, Lash slowly began to call those around her her friends, even if it was hard to do admit them as such. You couldn't just become nice or care overnight. But they had worked really well at it, bringing her out of her shell and accepting Lash for who she was. Heck, she even seemed worthy enough to be part of a Ranger group and defending the universe. Who would have thought all of that from someone who had such a dark history?

Then it all came crashing down. After the battle last week, the morpher started to malfunction and she could barely transform for her training. No one else seemed to have this problem, so Lash assumed it simply was a result of what had happened - she had overworked herself that day and it simply might have used up more juice than the others or had badly reacted to the CO powers. Nothing seemed wrong with it, so obviously the problem was herself. Just give it a few more days and it would be fine!

Maybe if she had told her friends her history in more detail, they might have noticed was wrong. The effects of the clock were a little more subdued on her at first, and instead of years, just days at a time. And she didn't question the fact that she didn't remember their victory over Von Bolt, only the tension at the final battle. Memories slowly started to leave, but she didn't remember them, only a small nagging feeling that something was wrong. The morpher, on the other hand, worked when someone was good and pure and as the clock receded, Lash was becoming less and less so. The memories inside Stacy stayed in her head, which caused her to become confused at some of the things she had said. Maybe she had become nicer because she had been here? Just what was going on?

A few days ago it had completely ceased to function. Maybe it knew something terrible was about to happen and the last thing the crew needed was psycho ranger. Lash obviously didn't know what was going on, except it made her nervous. Like when she...wait. What was she nervous about, again? She couldn't remember that too. She'd been running with Hawke for some reason. Lash had looked at her morpher with an odd curiosity, wondering if her mind had been playing tricks on her. After all, why would she be good? After all she...she..

She'd always worked for Black Hole.

And who knew what fake and false memories Stacy could implant inside her. Maybe..no, that was it! All these memories had to be false. Fake! Tricking her into thinking she had turned good! That she, pffft actually cared about people! What a load of crap. She was Lash, Black Hole Wunderkind Genius. And she wasn't going to let all those stupid, so-called friends try to tricking her that she was nice.

Today, she'd take back her mind. Things were definitely about to get really complicated.

[[OOC - Lash can be found all over the ship in the next couple of days. Just tell me where you character runs into them, and we can work from there. Just remember, she will probably not be very nice anymore. 8D]]

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"Serves you right for doing such a dumb thing in the corridor," she replied, arms crossed. "Now you were blocking the pathway I need to go through. So. Bye."

Beastboy lay baffled, floored by the words that had just entered his ears. Clearly he had a concussion from the strike in the face because that couldn't have been what he heard could it? So straight and to the point? No teasing? Not even a friendly hello?

"Oh um...sorry?" He rolled out of the way and sat up still rubbing his head where the mark was, "Um...you OK Lash?"

"Of course I'm okay, greeny." She stretched her arms as she walked, without even looking at him. "Why wouldn't I be okay? I've never felt better, actually! Maybe I should go kick other things! I wonder how much I can get away with before Stacy tries to stop me, tee hee hee!"

It almost was like if she was half-ignoring him. How rude.

Beastboy blinked and jumped to his feet chasing after her at a light trot. Something about this seemed oddly familiar though he just couldn't place it.

"Well if you're gonna kick someone at least make it someone who's worth it. I'm too handsome for my face to have a footprint on it you know?"

She turned around and poked at him.

"Yeah you're right...except you're much more ugly than handsome, tee hee hee! All...green and everything." It was teasing like she usually did but...missing something. Like a joyful, playful edged. Right now the comments seemed more like she wanted to insult and hurt him.

Beastboy's ears dropped and he actually felt a sting from those words. He was used to being teased naturally. He did it himself all the time for a laugh. But this was different, this was more...serious?

"Geeze what bug crawled up your butt today?" He exclaimed in a wounded retaliation.

"Nothing! Didn't I just say I was feeling fine? Or are you just that dumb that you didn't hear me the first time? I don't have time for dumb apes. I have some important things to do."

Like figure out how they twisted her memories like that and where Billy was so she could teach him a thing or two about why Rangers were dumb and stupid.

"Dumb ape huh?" Well that was about all he could take of this nonsense. He shifted into gorilla form and put her in a headlock in retaliation. Normally he'd even give a noogie but he was somewhat afraid of just what Stacy would constitute as violence instead of playful retaliation. Still, he'd show her who the dumb ape was.

That got her attention quickly enough. If there was one thing Lash had loathed both when she had been nicer or when she was evil was the feeling of being powerless at a situation.

"Ouf!" She knew he was much stronger than her now, but it didn't stop Lash from flailing around and trying to punch and bite him. "Let me go, let me go!"

The punching did absolutely nothing against the muscles in his furry leathery body, but a solid bite on the finger made him roar in startled pain and release her shifting back and waving his hand like he'd burned it. "Serves ya right crabby! I mean you're acting like a total jerk."

Again why did this all feel so familiar? It was like trying to remember the name of a voice actor in a cartoon that you'd heard a thousand times but for some reason it just wasn't coming.

"Whatever. I don't have time for you. Now stop following me!" She brushed herself off and began to run, ignoring anything else he might try to say to her.

Edited 2011-05-08 06:07 (UTC)

But Beastboy wasn't about to let this go, not when he had the best defense against someone who was in an inexplicable foul mood like this.

He was gonna be annoying.

Turning into a Kangaroo he gave chase, keeping right behind her with ease and long bounding motions. If Kangaroos could smile he would be.

She didn't take too kindly to it either, the caring smile lost in a sea of annoyance. "Do you want me to bash your face in? Because if you keep doing that I am going to do it."

Oh okay. Now it was getting pretty nasty.

Beastboy had to change back to answer so he took it at a jog, "As if you could land the punch." And then it all clicked.

He had done this exact same thing once before!

"Oh dude!" His eyes boggled and the color drained from his face, "Oh Lash...dude, you didn't get soaked in some toxic chemicals or anything did you? Because if you turn into a monster I am totally ready to help keep you from getting in trouble with Stacy." And just like that his anger was gone replaced by a sudden urge to help.

"Trust me, I could," she muttered out loud. But she was taken aback by his reasoning. Toxic chemicals? What a load of...

She laughed. Laughed so hard that tears nearly came out of her eyes. Then she eerily returned to her annoyed and angry face.

"no. No no no no. I don't think you're getting this at all." She gave him a terrible, half-insane grin.

"I've always been a monster. Do you know how many people I've killed in my life? I don't need toxic chemicals for that."

Beastboy seemed torn between concern and confusion. "Yeah sure, that's why we hang out all the time. Because you're a a scary scary tiny little mad genius. Just who do you think you're talking to here?"

"...I an not tiny!" she yelled, suddenly turning around and trying to punch him. While that was a sensitive subject when she was 'normal' turning back time had made her completely unwilling to accept talking as playful teasing.

Beastboy took the punch hard and spun in place dazed and stunned. He had to grab at his own head with both hands to stead himself where his eyes seemed to be spinning in place, or maybe that was just his imagination.

"I forgot you can punch so hard for a geekgirl." He mumbled rubbing the side of his face where her strike had connected. That would swell up really nicely.

"I've trained for combat both on the ship and back in Black Hole genius." Still, she took a minute to rub her fist where it had connected with his skin. Damn that had kinda hurt a little bit.

"But next time it won't be just a little punch. Understand?"

"Not particularly." He muttered looking sullen, "You're off your nut that much I get. Come on genius think really hard for a minute and prove there's brains under all that hair!" He implored with a fanged frown. "Something's wrong and you know it."

Bad idea, telling Lash to think for anything. She always was thinking! She was the brightest!

"Yeah, I know what's wrong with me. I've been hanging out with all of you for too long and it made me soft. Now that I remember that I've only worked for Black Hole, I'm not going to bother being nice."

"So what's your excuse for all the fun stuff we've done? Like those experiments with the candy, or goofing around on whatever weird planet we end up at? I know it was only a fake marriage but you still made it fun." He couldn't deny the more she ranted the more it was upsetting.

She bit her tongue at that. There seemed to be some internal struggle within her that manifested as a moment before replying. If anything, this ship was making it hard for her to be herself! Urrgh, how annoying.

"That was fake." What she meant by that, she left it open to his interpretation.

"A fake what?" He stood his ground firmly, a look of determination on his face.

"Not telling!" She struck out her tongue at him and then...started to run away. What a douche.

All the negative CR in the world, coming right up

Bwahahaha so cold!

It only goes worse through here

And to think he should be happy today, it's free comic book day

And I forgot about it too until it was too late

;_; I spent like 100$ on comics...on "free" comic book day. Oh Irony

Oh woops pfft.

Annnnd from bad to worse

Aww yeah

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