This is the sequel to "The Bird or The Thief." It sort of forms a trilogy with "Ruffled Feathers" and "The Bird or The Thief." Both the prequel and this sequel are cut from an old story that was handwritten a few years ago. "The Bird or The Thief" pretty much picks up where "Ruffled Feathers left off. This story is a few months after "The Bird or The Thief. I thought of having a story between this and "The Bird or The Thief" but I decided to tell any relevant parts through flashbacks in this one-which may turn this story rated M for now I will leave it at T-because of language. This story will probably run into several chapters. There was just too much going on to condense it into a one shot like the others. Raven chose Red X the first time-but will she do so again? You'll just have to read to find out.
A Raven's Nest
Sequel to "Taking Flight"
Red X bursts into the tower. He makes a bee line for OPS sure that is where he is going to find the spiky haired jerk.
Robin is alone up in OPS he may not be able to see the thief's face-but the body language alone is enough to tell him the the thief is pissed.
"Where did you lock her up?!"
"I haven't seen Raven for months now. I would ask if she finally came to her senses-but I can see you're still out on the streets."
"Don't play dumb with me bird boy. What did you do with Raven? I woke up to a note a few days ago that she was coming here to pick up a few things. She hasn't been back since."
"She hasn't been here-but I swear if I found out you hurt her-"
"-Oh-so now you care? Raven has been in tears for weeks because you made her choose between something that she couldn't control and being a Titan. At the time I just thought you were being a jerk because she chose me over you-but now I realize you're just an ass. Even I could tell that she risked hurting someone if she didn't find someone willing to play her little games. I'm only going to ask this once more before I beat it out of you. Where is she?"
"I already told you I haven't seen her. Feel free to check her room if you want-she hasn't been here." Robin follows Red X up to Raven's room. What they find is a room in disarray as if someone packed hastily.
"She hasn't been here huh?"
Robin picks up a note that lays just inside the doorway. He looks over it before reading it aloud. "I'm sorry if I disappointed all of you. I am half of what my father is-so some things are just going to happen from time to time that I can't control. Even I wasn't thinking far enough ahead at the time to realize just what that was going to lead to. I'm sure Red X didn't either. Its my problem now-so I'm going away for awhile to deal with it. If Red X shows up looking for me tell him that I'm sorry-but I had to go. I hope he can understand. He may not even realized when he answered my call that he was saving a life from my inner demon-and for that he will always be a hero to me. So please treat him with some respect."
"I don't suppose there is any clue to where she might have gone around here?"
"Knowing Raven...I doubt it." Robin looks at Red X. "You intend to try finding her?"
"I will find her. I'm just not a love em and leave em kind of guy."
Raven sits in the small diner of the sleepy little mountain town where the bus broke down. Maybe its the fresh air up here far away from the hustle and bustle of the city. Or maybe its just the perfect spot to spend a few quiet months while she contemplates just what to do with her life now. She looks at her reflection in the near by chrome napkin dispenser. She's sure no one would recognizes her way out here. She hid her indigo hair with a spell before she even got on the bus in Jump City.
The driver enters the diner. "The bus is fixed! Time to go everyone."
Raven looks down at her travel bag in the floor beside her as everyone gets up and files out to the bus. She looks up as a waitress lays a newspaper down in front of her.
"I knew you were going to stay the moment you walked in here, sweetie. I've been working this job for twenty-three years and believe me I can spot when someone has fallen under the spell of this place." She points out an add in the paper. "An apartment just opened up this morning. Better snag it while you have the chance. Just tell old Harley that Doris sent you."
"Thank you."
"What's your name sweetie?"
"Rav...Rachel."
"Who ever he was-Rachel-if its meant to be then he will find you."
Raven looks down at the add in the paper for the Bird's Nest Apartments. She smiles slightly as she places her hand on her stomach. If ever there was a sign she was meant to stay here its the name of the apartments.
To answer a question about how Raven met Red X which was posed by a reviewer in "Ruffled Feathers"-see the Teen Titans episode entitled "X" As to why it was Red X she was drawn to in "The Bird or The Thief" that will come out in a later chapter of this story.