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Hey everyone! I AM BACK (although it hasn't been very long).
I can honestly say that I'm very excited about this new story.
Before I actually begin I would like to give my thanks to an anonymous reviewer. That person gave me some good honest criticism and I truly thank you for that. (bows). I'll try to make use of the advice you gave me.
Now enough of my drabble. On with the story you all came here to see!
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Chapter 1
It had been months since Alistor had left and Beast Boy had to admit, thing were going great. The crime rate was at an all-time low. The only thing that truly troubled the Titans was the fact that there had been a mass break-out of the villains that had been frozen during the Brotherhood of Evil incident. Luckily The Brain, Mallah, Madame Rouge, and General Immortalis were all kept in a separate prison, so they didn't escape.
But Beast Boy didn't care about that. As long as the main four of the Brotherhood of Evil were still frozen, everything was alright with him. The villains that broke out were all pretty much laying low so the Titans had nothing to do.
Again Beast Boy didn't care. This gave him more time to hang out with Raven. Sure she wasn't as outgoing with their relationship as Robin and Starfire were, but she still went out of her way to do her meditations in whatever room he was in. She said it was because her emotions were easier to deal with when he was around. But he knew better.
It was a beautiful day in Jump City. Cyborg was in the garage working on the T-car, Robin and Starfire were out on a date, and Beast Boy and Raven were sitting in the Common Room.
Beast Boy was playing his Game Station with Raven meditating next to him. He paused his game to look at her and then grinned mischievously.
"Hey Raven? Why do you always sit next to me when you meditate?" he asked innocently.
Raven stopped her mantra and opened one eye to look at him. "You know why Beast Boy." She said with slight annoyance.
Beast Boy leaned forward. "I know what you said but I want the real answer."
Raven blushed. Luckily she had been meditating; otherwise something would have blown up by now. "I don't know what you're talking about. There is no other reason." She said stubbornly.
"Come on, you know you want to tell me." Beast Boy said, wiggling his eyebrow.
Raven stared at him, her blush not leaving her face. She pulled her hood over her head and looked away. "I like sitting next to you, okay." This time she did lose control. Black energy surrounded Beast Boy's controller and crushed it.
Beast Boy's eyes widened and he shrieked in horror as he looked at the crushed device. He gingerly picked up some of pieces.
Raven instantly felt bad for crushing the controller, but she hadn't meant to do it. Her powers had broken loose for a second.
Heh. That'll teach him. A red emotion said with a satisfied grin.
Raven's eyes widened. Rage? That was your doing? She thought angrily.
Yup. Rage responded. And I'd do it again. She laughed as she went back to her realm in Raven's mind.
Raven shook her head angrily to try and clear her mind, she would deal with Rage later. She looked at Beast Boy, who was still holding the broken controller forlornly. Her eyes softened. "Sorry Beast Boy." She said sincerely. "I didn't mean to, my powers just went out of control."
Beast Boy gently put the controller down and sighed. Reaching out, he took her hand in his. This surprised Raven. While they were technically dating, they didn't have much physical contact with each other. A lesson learned when, after their first date, Beast Boy had casually given her a kiss on the cheek, resulting in every light bulb and window in Titans Tower to shatter. Cyborg still laughed at them about it.
They sat like that for a moment, simply enjoying the contact. Then Beast Boy spoke up. "I know you didn't mean it Rae." He rubbed his neck with his free hand. "I guess I kind of had that coming from teasing you so much." He laughed. "I'll just buy a new one." He gave Raven a big grin and she couldn't help but give a small smile back.
Their moment was suddenly ended as the distress signal went off, bathing the room in red light. The couple stood up just as Cyborg came running into the room. He raised an eyebrow at Raven and Beast Boy's entwined hands but decided that now wasn't the time to tease them about it.
Going over to the screen in front of the room, Cyborg typed a few buttons on a keyboard. A large map popped us on the screen, showing a flashing red dot in the arctic.
"Yo Robin!" Cyborg said, speaking into the communicator in his arm. "Sorry to cut your date short but we got a distress from Kole and Gnarrk."
Robin's face showed up on the communicator. "Right, we'll be right there. I'll contact Herald on the way, see if he can figure out what's going on before we get there."
Cyborg nodded his head. "I'll prep the T-ship. It'll be ready when you get here." Cyborg signed off and headed to the hangar. Beast Boy and Raven looked at each other and blushed. Realizing that they were still holding hands, they quickly let go.
Cyborg's head popped up from the hallway and grinned. "Don't think I didn't see that you little lovebirds."
Raven and Beast Boy blushed and even brighter shade of red as Cyborg laughed his way down the hall.
From Beast Boy's point of view, the ride to the arctic was annoying. Robin and Starfire had showed up at the hangar ten minutes after Cyborg got the T-ship ready for launch. At first the trip wasn't so bad. But then the teasing started.
Cyborg couldn't help but bring up the hand-holding. Normally, no big deal. However since Beast Boy and Raven couldn't usually touch without blowing something up, the others took every chance they could to tease them.
After a few minutes of Cyborg's taunts, Robin decided to join in. "So Beast Boy, you're still at the hand-holding stage?"
Cyborg's voice cut in. "Hey man, give the guy a break. You remember the light bulb incident right?" he said snickering.
Beast Boy bristled and was about to retort when Raven's voice cut in through the intercom. "You do realize I can hear you and send you into another dimension right?"
Silence.
A few tense moments later, Cyborg's voice came through the intercom. "Hey look, we're here."
They landed just outside the cave leading to the underground jungle Kole and Gnarrk lived in.
Robin kneeled and studied the ground at the mouth of the cave. "Footprints. Lots of them." Standing up, he turned to the others. "Be careful. I don't want any surprises." Taking out his bo-staff, he walked through the cave.
Once in the jungle, Starfire flew over the others and examined the trees, many of which had broken limbs or were cut completely in half. "Something is wrong." She said worriedly.
Robin nodded his head. "Let's keep going. But stay alert, the enemy might still be here."
The treck through the jungle was quiet except for the wildlife, the roars of the dinosaurs were nerve wrecking. They would all tense and freeze whenever a sudden roar burst through the air.
They were starting to wonder if anyone was there when they came upon Kole and Gnarrk's cluster of huts.
"Kole? Gnarrk? Herald?" Robin yelled. There weren't any answers. Suddenly they heard a muffled sob coming from inside the huts. They quickly ran inside.
There they found Kole sitting at a table with her head in her arms, sobbing quietly. Surprisingly, the person comforting her was Jericho, who stood behind her, rubbing her back soothingly. Herald sat across from them, staring at the table silently.
When they approached, Herald looked up. He stood and walked over to Robin. "We have a problem." He said seriously.
"What happened?" Robin asked. He looked around the room. "Where's Gnarrk."
Herald looked over at Kole, who was still being consoled by Jericho. "That's just it." Herald said. He looked down forlornly. "They took him. They took Gnarrk."
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There you have it! The first chapter to The Collection.
What happened in the arctic? Who took Gnarrk and why? Next time, in Chapter 2! Read and Review please!