Raven POV:
I open my eyes and notice I am in a hospital. This hospital is really weird, I wouldn't have guessed it was one if it wasn't for the smell of disinfectant and the heart monitors sound.
I am in a hospital but, why? I don't remember what happened to me.
I try to get up but I realize that I am immobilized by some magical ropes which took my powers away.
I turn my head to the right and find Robin, Starfire and Cyborg.
Robin is on a hospital bed attached by some ropes. He doesn't look fine. His black hair, usually neatly brushed with tons of hairgel, is disordonned with strands sticking everywhere and certainly weren't washed since days back or maybe even weeks. His skin is so pale that we can make out his veins through it.
Next to him is Starfire on a hospital bed too, attached by some metal bars. I suppose they're magic too. Her usually bright red fiery hair is now dark auburn. Her tan orange skin is now a pale orange and she has wrinkles on her forehead, surely from the stress of the battle.
Next to her lays Cyborg on a tablet in metal, attached by some metal bars. His body made of metal and electronic is dirty and the electronics parts are turned of, even his left red eye. His chocolate skin is a sickly pale, too. From here, I can't see perfectly all the damages he recieved but I know he wasn't spared, like the rest of us.
But where is Beast Boy?
I turn my head to my left and see Beast Boy attached by some magic ropes to a hospital bed, too. His forest green hair is dirty and disheveled, even more than usual, and his light green skin is pale with some scratches, here amd there.
"Beast Boy?" I call weakly.
He opens his eyes and looks at me smiling weakly. He looks awful.
"Hey Rae." he greets me.
"Are you okay?" I ask, worried.
"As okay as I can be when I'm attached to a hospital bed by some magic ropes, after a terrible fight."
Of course stupid question! I wonder if I didn't lose some neurons while I was fighting.
"And you?" he asks me.
"I suppose I'm ok. But I still can't believe he won." I murmur.
When I say he, I am talking about Slade. He wanted to take over Jump City and kill us. We fought an entire week but he still won. He started to beat Cyborg. He fought with him until his batteries were dead and he kidnaped him. Then he knocked Starfire out and Robin got angry and he kidnapped both of them, while Robin was distracted. Beast Boy and I called all the others Titans, even Terra, but he beat them one by one until Beast Boy and I were alone. He beat Beast Boy first and that put my guard down and he knocked me out while I was trying to heal him. And now here we are, all prisoner, in hospital beds, without knowing where are the others and what he wants to do to us.
"Guys, you're awake?" asks a voice at my right.
I turn my head to see Robin wide awake.
"Yes, Beast Boy and I are awake." I respond.
"Robin?" asks a weak voice.
"Starfire, are you ok?!" he asks with a frantic voice.
"I am the okay, boyfriend Robin." she answers him with her trademark accent but her voice is shaking, like if she was on the verge of tears.
It is at that moment that Slade decides to come in. Still wearing his black and orange suit with his mask on, he walks in the room, his hands behind his back and his head held high, like if he owned the world. Still as presumptuous as ever.
"Hello Titans. Sleep well?" he asks us with his deep and low voice.
His voice is full of pride and malice, speaking like royalty. You are going to say: as usual. But the pride is even more pronounced.
"Slade! What do you want with us?!" asks Robin, hos voice full of hatred for the man before us.
Slade walks over Cyborg, ignoring completely Robin, and turns on our friend.
"Aw man, what happened?" asks Cyborg, confused.
"I beat you up, my dear Titans. Completely destroyed you. But I have to say that you fought well, especially Beast Boy and Raven. I have to say that I'm impressed by those two and that is why I'm keeping you alive. For now." he says in a menacing voice.
"Like Robin said, what do you want with us?" I ask, anger welling up in me.
"I want your deaths to be spectacular. And now that I rule this city, I can do whatever I want with you without being arrested because I control the police too. I decided to do a show where, every year, twenty-four of you are going to be chosen by hazard and they will have to fight to death in an arena to survive. They will be just one survivor and they will be the winner. The winner can live in their district with the risk to be chosen again or let the others by themselves and go live in Jump City, like a normal civilian, without having to worry about this game. All of this will be filmed, of course, and will be the only show everyone will be able to watch. They are twelve teams. Those teams are called districts. You five are in the district 12. The district pairs are for the heroes and the districts impairs are for the villains. I called this show Hunger Games." he explains proudly.
"You're a psychopath!" I spat at him.
"Call me whatever you want but I won and, now, you're at my mercy. You have a week before the elections."
With that, some guards unleash us and lead us to a big house with a sign written on it: District 12.
"Don't even try to escape, it is impossible, trust me." informs us Slade before walking away with the guards, leaving us alone in the outsides of our new house or, should I say, district.
"We were wondering when you would come." says a voice behind us.
We turn around to meet my mother, Arella, my sister, Metrion and Beast Boy's sister, Ginny.
My mother seems to be healthy. Pale but normal skin, brilliant blue eyes, long black hair coming to the middle of her back, standing as straight as an i, with a long white dress, she is as beautiful and royal as ever.
As for Metrion, she doesn't look really healthy. Her beautiful fiery hair coming a little after her shoulders didn't change but her blue eyes are glassed, puffy and red like if she cried a lot those last times and her already pale skin is now white as the snow, making her freckles stand out, under her eyes and on her nose.
Ginny doesn't look well, either. Her usually bright blond hair is now of a pale blond color, her bright green eyes are as haunted as my sister's and her Californian skin is now pale green, like if she was ill, but, fortunately, not as green as her brother's or there would have been a real problem.
"Oh no, he found you." I say sadly.
"Don't worry it'll be alright." tries to reassure me my mother.
Suddenly, a wave of anger wells up in me, letting all of that stress and panic come out with it.
"Don't tell me it'll be alright! It won't alright! In three days, two of us will be chosen to fight to death, in an arena, to amuse Slade! Without forgetting all of our friends and even ennemies, in the other districts!" I exclaim.
She bites her lips before answering:
"We should talk about it, calmly, inside."
Here is the first chapter of my new fanfiction, Hunger Games Teen Titans! (I swear my titles are so original XD)
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