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It was just a normal morning in Titan's Tower. Starfire was making some type of concoction from Tameran at the counter, Robin was seated at the table sipping coffee and reading through the newspaper, Cyborg was at the stove cooking pancakes, eggs and bacon and Beast Boy sat at the couch eating his fill of tofu breakfast. Raven had not arrived yet and was going to enter the common room anytime. As Beast Boy was eating his breakfast, he suddenly thought of a brilliant idea. The perfect idea for a prank meant for Cyborg, after the last prank that Cyborg had played on him. Beast Boy got off from the couch and headed to the sink to put away his plate. As the green teen put away his plate, the doors whooshed open and a girl with violet hair and gray skin dressed in a blue cloak and leotard. Beast Boy quickly turned his head back to his plate. He felt a blush creeping onto his face. Beast Boy had been developing serious feelings for Raven over the last couple of months since they defeated Trigon.
"Good morning Friend Raven! I assume you had the goodness of sleep yester-night, yes?" Starfire asked cheerfully.
"Uhh...sure Starfire." Raven said in her usual monotone voice. Raven walked over to the cabinets and used her powers to bring a mug to her. She turned on one of the stove tops and began to boil water for her usual herbal tea. As the water began to boil, Beast Boy slipped out of the room feeling he wouldn't be missed and went off to prepare his prank for Cyborg.
Raven walked down the long hallway towards her room with the mug of herbal tea in her hand. 'I wonder where Beast Boy went. Well, as long as he's quiet, that's alright', thought Raven. Raven had needed some quiet meditation, after the grueling training the day before and chasing Johnny Rancid all over the city yesterday, she had felt exhausted. Raven walked towards her room, unknown to her that Beast Boy's trap had been set. The next second Raven had found herself-
"Oh NO! RAVEN!!" Beast Boy yelled.
"AAHH!!" The scream had echoed all throughout the tower. The remaining three Titans in the Common Room heard the scream and rushed toward the source of the sound. "What do you suppose that was?" Starfire asked. Robin shrugged his shoulders as he dashed down the hallway towards Raven and Beast Boy. "My guess is Beast Boy done something he shouldn't have", answered Cyborg. As they made it to the scene, they found Raven and Beast Boy arguing. They were shocked at the condition of the hallway. The walls around them splattered with unknown liquids, broken porcelain shards from a mug, feathers, a soaking wet Raven and an irritated but cowering Beast Boy.
"I SAID I WAS SORRY!!" Beast Boy yelled.
"WELL!! THE NEXT TIME YOU PULL A PRANK, DO IT OUTSIDE OF THEIR ROOM!! NOT NEAR MINE!!!" Raven shrieked. Her hands shook and the room began to slowly be engulfed in black. "Friends, please, no more ", Starfire pleaded.
"I DON'T SEE THE BIG DEAL IS!!"
" NO!! YOU NEVER DO!! THAT'S THE POINT!!"
"THIS ISN'T ABOUT THAT AT ALL IS IT?!!"
"IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO MY FACE BEAST BOY, SAY IT!!!" Raven demanded. The room was glowing black with energy and started creeping halfway up the walls. "Uhh... Raven?" Robin uttered.
"OK! KNOW WHAT?! I'M SICK OF YOU THINKING I'M AN IDIOT!!! I'M SICK OF YOUR NEGATIVE ATTITUDE!! I'M SICK OF YOUR LACK OF TASTE IN PRANKS!! I'M SICK OF YOU!! No." He paused trying to catch his breath. " YOU'RE A MONSTER!!! I HATE YOU!!!" Beast Boy roared at the top of his lungs. The black power that almost fully engulfed the room completely disappeared. Beast Boy huffed, his blood boiling, looked up. A look of shock and pain was plastered all over Raven's normally stoic face. Tears began to form in her amethyst eyes and her breathing became short. Raven shoved Beast Boy out of the way, ran to her room and quickly slammed the door.
'Maybe I said something I shouldn't have'. Beast Boy thought. He felt a pang of guilt and pain in his heart.
"Dude, that was a harsh. What did you do?" Cyborg asked.
"Just a little prank."
"Friend Beast Boy, I think you should go and apologize to Friend Raven", Starfire said worriedly.
"Why?" Beast Boy asked.
"Beast Boy, you told her you hated her. She saved us countless times and healed us when we were injured. Not to mention, she saved us all from Trigon." Robin defended.
"Well yeah... But..." Beast Boy denied.
"Friend Beast Boy, you must. Friend Raven has told me of how the people of her home, Azarath despised her because of her heritage. They have much called her 'a monster', like you just used a moment ago." Starfire explained.
"Oh. I better go apologize", Beast Boy said guiltily. 'I had no idea'.
"That's a good idea", Robin agreed. "We'll clean up here."
Beast Boy dashed down the hallway to Raven's room. He had felt so guilty; he had never meant to hurt her like that. That was the last thing he wanted to do, he had wanted her to smile, to laugh. Beast Boy wanted her to express emotion, to be happy. Why he felt so strongly, he didn't know. As he approached the room labeled 'Raven.'
+Inside Raven's room+
Tears rolled down Raven's pale cheeks, she sobbed silently. Her violet hair rested on her arms, as she clutched her knees to her chest. Her cloak, which had been wet, smelled like out-dated tofu juice, it felt slimy and covered in a colorful unknown liquid, cascaded down her back. Small objects, books and antiques floated, whirled around her room. Pages in books flipped erratically and black energy crept up the walls.
A small knock at her door, followed by a gentle voice "Raven?"
Raven wiped the tears with the sleeve of her leotard and waved her hand to open the closet. A fresh, blue cloak flew over to her, and she threw the dirty one she was wearing on the floor. She focused her energy placing all the objects, books and antiques back in their proper places and walked over to the door. She pulled her hood over her head and face, so no one had seen she was crying. Raven opened the door a crack, only revealing half of her face.
"Uhh...Hi, Raven." Beast Boy said rubbing the back of his head.
"Um...Raven... look...I heard...Um...I'm-", Beast Boy was cut off when the alarm went off.
"Trouble." Raven said quietly to herself. She closed the door on Beast Boy and teleported to the Common Room.
Beast Boy ran down the hallway and passed the spot where he had played the prank. The doors whooshed open and Beast Boy ran to everyone that stood in front of the large screen. Raven kept her eyes on the screen while avoiding Beast Boy. Beast Boy stood on the opposite side.
"It says that there's a message transmission", Robin said.
He clicked a few buttons and keys and accepted the transmission. Everyone's eyes in the room went big seeing the person on the other side of the transmission.
"Slade", Robin hissed.
"Hello dear Titans." The masked man greeted. Then, Slade turned his attention to Raven. "And hello there, former birthday girl." Raven felt a chill up her spine and Beast Boy tried to hide a growl. "How have you all been?" He said smiling behind his mask.
"We were doing fine until you decided to show up again Slade! Now, What're you up to?!" Robin demanded.
"Patience, Robin. All I want is a happy, little reunion. But if you all want to find out, come meet me at the warehouse at the pier. Adios, Titans." Slade said and the transmission ended. Robin pounded his fist against the table. "Slade" he hissed again. He turned to his friends. "Titans, Go!"
At the warehouse, the Titans blew down the door and stormed in. "Hello Titans." Slade said from inside a comfy looking chair. The Titans glared at their nemesis. "Cut the crap, Slade! Now, what do you want?!" Robin shouted.
"Tut-tut, Robin. You really should be more patient Robin, especially towards your former master." Slade leered. Robin had took enough."Titans, Go!"
Robin rushed at Slade with his bo-staff and sent a flurry of jabs, thrusts and swings at Slade. Slade dodged all of Robin's attacks easily but Robin swung his bo-staff down. Slade caught the bo-staff and sent a kick at Robin in the stomach, knocking him into the crates behind him with a WHAM! Cyborg fired his sonic cannon at Slade but he dodged out of the way. Cyborg fired another blast but he spun Robin's bo-staff, deflecting Cyborg's blast.
"Ugh!" A barrage of Starfire's star bolts pelted Slade. He ran threw the bo-staff like a spear at Starfire and she somersaulted around it and looked up. Slade had run up a wooden support beam and kicked off the beam to gain momentum and aimed a kick at Starfire. Starfire was unable to block his kick and crashed on top of Cyborg. "Oof!" Beast Boy morphed into a T-Rex and rushed at Slade. Slade leapt into the air and landed on Beast Boy's neck but he ran along his back until he reached the base of Beast Boy's tail and jumped off. Then he fired two explosives at Beast Boy. One made contact with Beast Boy reverted back into human form and landed on the ground. The other bomb was aimed at a dazed Robin but was halted in mid-air covered in black energy. Raven phased out of the ground if front of Slade, her hands glowing black with energy and her eyes glowed inhumanly white.
"There you are. I was waiting for you to show up." He smirked behind his mask.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" Raven yelled. Crates rose into the air and flew at Slade with incredible speed. His moved agilely out of the way and smashed two of them. He lifted the chair over his head and threw it at Raven. She fired a black blade at the chair, cutting it in half. Raven was too focused on the flying chair to notice that Slade was behind the chair and knee-ed her in the face. She fell to the ground with a loud 'THUD!' Raven struggled to get up and looked at a rushing Slade. Beast Boy was just coming to his senses, when he noticed Slade rushing at Raven. 'He's really got it in for Raven! Like hell, I'm not gonna let that happen!' Beast Boy thought. He then turned into a bull closing in on Slade. Raven managed to get to her feet and put her hands up and blocked Slade's attack. She put he arms down, as well as her guard, Slade used that time to close the gap between him and Raven. He punched Raven in the stomach and Raven's amethyst eyes rolled in the back of her head, and she closed her eyes. Her body went limp and she slumped over, Slade caught her. Beast Boy felt anger flood his body and he morphed back.
"Raven!" He called.
"I have what I want. Ta-Ta, Titans. Thank you." Slade smiled as he pulled out two smoke bombs and threw them on the ground. Smoke filled the warehouse and everyone broke out coughing. Smoke stung his eyes and he tried to find the silhouettes of his friends and Slade but continued to cough.
"Raven!!" He called out again. Silence. 'Raven. Raven.' "RAVEN!! He roared.
End chapter.
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