This story may not be as good as the other one, but still, please
R&R! I want to reply to some of the reviews that I got after I posted the
third chapter. Here we go:
Dan Heron: Thanks! I'm glad you liked it! I'll try to make this one longer, and keep this one as good (or better) than it was last time!
Wisteria Fox: Yeah, I know I should have made it longer, but it seemed long when I typed it up! It's nice to know that some people really like my story.
Well, enough replying, let's get this show one the road!
Disclaimer: I only own Manticore, and you may want to read my story "Manticore" first. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Starfire was walking home after going to the "mall of shopping". She walked by an alley. Before she was past it, a piece of a building came falling towards her! She jumped into the alley, still holding the bag with her stuff in it. She stood there and charged up a starbolt. She felt two strong arms grabbing her from behind. The bag fell to the ground. She used her alien strength to get out of the arms and turned around. It was Mammoth that had grabbed her! She was about to shoot a starbolt when something metal tied her up. She fell to the ground. She heard the familiar but unwelcome voice of Gizmo saying, "Yes, we got one of those Teen Titan losers! Slade is going to be so happy!"
Starfire tried to use her starbolts, but the metal was resilient to them. Jinx showed up and said, "Finally, a success!" She noticed that Starfire was trying to get out and said, "Mammoth, could you deal with her?" Mammoth knocked Star out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Starfire woke up on the floor of a room that she had never seen before, and she was still tied up. Gizmo pressed a button on a remote and the metal thing came off of her and formed a cell. There was a force field in between the bars. Slade said, "Excellent work, you three. I want you to take turns guarding her, starting with you, Mammoth." Then he left, with the other two Hive members following him. Mammoth sat down and watched Star, who sat in a corner and cried. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Robin was pacing back and forth in front of the alley Star was in earlier. "Where did they take her?!?!"
"Robin!" BB said, "We don't even know who 'they' are! All we know is that Star was here because her communicator is there!"
"That's not necessarily true, BB," Cyborg said, "My scanners are picking up traces of Gizmo's stuff, and only Mammoth, Cinderblock, or me could make a dent that big in a concrete wall."
"Besides," Raven replied, "I'm detecting Jinx's magic on the bricks. It must have been the Hive."
"So we know who did it. Where are they?!?!"
"Robin, calm down!"
"I won't calm down until we find her!"
Robin and the other titans argued like that for quite some time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jinx walked into the room and said, "Shift change." Mammoth stood up and looked at her and she started to cough. He left of the room.
After he left, Jinx stopped coughing and looked up. Starfire realized why she had hid her face. Her face didn't look like Jinx's! "Jinx" snapped her fingers and some color changes took place. Her hair turned yellow with green stripes and her outfit turned red. Star looked at her, trying to figure out why her face looked so familiar. "Manticore?!?!"
"Shhh! You want them to hear you?" It was Manticore's voice instead of Jinx's. Manticore used one of Jinx's hexes to open Star's cell, but the hex was violet. Starfire flew out of her cell and followed Manticore until they reached a window. Starfire blew it up and flew outside. Manticore changed into her regular self and followed her. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I won't rest until we find her!" Robin was still going crazy about Star being missing. The other titans had dragged Robin back to the tower and tried to calm him down. "Robin, we're not going to search the entire city right now." Raven said decisively. "Who made you in charge?!?! We're going to search for Starfire and that's final!" "No need to. She's right here." All the Titans turned around to see Manticore and Starfire fly though an open window. "Manticore! You're back!" "Starfire! You're safe!" The Titans kept saying stuff like that for a while, then Cy asked, "How did you guys get here?" Starfire told them everything that happened, including the part where Manticore changed to look like Jinx. Raven left the room after Star finished, acting kind of strangely. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Slade and Gizmo were walking by a storage closet and heard muffled screaming. They opened the door and saw Jinx surrounded by a violet aura, which included her mouth. "What happened?" Slade asked after he and Gizmo freed her. "Someone that looked like Raven came in and tied me up. She left looking like me!" Slade only said one word. "Manticore." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Uh, Manticore, since when have you been able to change your form? Can Raven?" BB asked. "No. I've been able to change all of my life, but Raven never has and never will. You see, I'm a very rare type of Azarathian. My family and I are 'Pale-skinned' Azarathians. We can change shape and color, but not our face, and we are considered freaks. My parents told me to never tell anyone that I was a 'pale-skin'-not even Raven-until I was 16 (A. /N. I think that's how old Raven is) because I could leave the planet if anyone ever tried to hurt or even kill me at that age. That happens to a lot of my kind." "So you never told Raven?" Robin asked. "Yes. I think that might be why she didn't trust me last time we met." "Because she found out you were a 'pale-skin' as you call it, and you never told her?" "Yeah." Little did Manticore or anyone else know that not telling Raven her secret would affect the future in a horrible way. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Slade sat in his chair and watched as a shadowy figure entered the room. "I hear you want the Teen Titans." "That is correct and obvious." "Okay. I can help you. I'll bring in the Titans under one condition." "What's that?" "I want you to let me bring in the Azarathian Manticore as well so I can torture her with your machines." "That sounds like a reasonable idea. I wanted Manticore myself, but if that is the condition, then you have a job." "Thank you. I shall return with the Titans." The figure left the room. She took off her disguise. Under it was Raven. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
What?!?! Now Raven's a villain?!?! Why?!?! I just love leaving you guys on cliffhangers, and I'd like to get 5 reviews before I post the next chapter. Don't worry; I have a logical explanation why she turned evil.
Dan Heron: Thanks! I'm glad you liked it! I'll try to make this one longer, and keep this one as good (or better) than it was last time!
Wisteria Fox: Yeah, I know I should have made it longer, but it seemed long when I typed it up! It's nice to know that some people really like my story.
Well, enough replying, let's get this show one the road!
Disclaimer: I only own Manticore, and you may want to read my story "Manticore" first. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Starfire was walking home after going to the "mall of shopping". She walked by an alley. Before she was past it, a piece of a building came falling towards her! She jumped into the alley, still holding the bag with her stuff in it. She stood there and charged up a starbolt. She felt two strong arms grabbing her from behind. The bag fell to the ground. She used her alien strength to get out of the arms and turned around. It was Mammoth that had grabbed her! She was about to shoot a starbolt when something metal tied her up. She fell to the ground. She heard the familiar but unwelcome voice of Gizmo saying, "Yes, we got one of those Teen Titan losers! Slade is going to be so happy!"
Starfire tried to use her starbolts, but the metal was resilient to them. Jinx showed up and said, "Finally, a success!" She noticed that Starfire was trying to get out and said, "Mammoth, could you deal with her?" Mammoth knocked Star out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Starfire woke up on the floor of a room that she had never seen before, and she was still tied up. Gizmo pressed a button on a remote and the metal thing came off of her and formed a cell. There was a force field in between the bars. Slade said, "Excellent work, you three. I want you to take turns guarding her, starting with you, Mammoth." Then he left, with the other two Hive members following him. Mammoth sat down and watched Star, who sat in a corner and cried. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Robin was pacing back and forth in front of the alley Star was in earlier. "Where did they take her?!?!"
"Robin!" BB said, "We don't even know who 'they' are! All we know is that Star was here because her communicator is there!"
"That's not necessarily true, BB," Cyborg said, "My scanners are picking up traces of Gizmo's stuff, and only Mammoth, Cinderblock, or me could make a dent that big in a concrete wall."
"Besides," Raven replied, "I'm detecting Jinx's magic on the bricks. It must have been the Hive."
"So we know who did it. Where are they?!?!"
"Robin, calm down!"
"I won't calm down until we find her!"
Robin and the other titans argued like that for quite some time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jinx walked into the room and said, "Shift change." Mammoth stood up and looked at her and she started to cough. He left of the room.
After he left, Jinx stopped coughing and looked up. Starfire realized why she had hid her face. Her face didn't look like Jinx's! "Jinx" snapped her fingers and some color changes took place. Her hair turned yellow with green stripes and her outfit turned red. Star looked at her, trying to figure out why her face looked so familiar. "Manticore?!?!"
"Shhh! You want them to hear you?" It was Manticore's voice instead of Jinx's. Manticore used one of Jinx's hexes to open Star's cell, but the hex was violet. Starfire flew out of her cell and followed Manticore until they reached a window. Starfire blew it up and flew outside. Manticore changed into her regular self and followed her. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I won't rest until we find her!" Robin was still going crazy about Star being missing. The other titans had dragged Robin back to the tower and tried to calm him down. "Robin, we're not going to search the entire city right now." Raven said decisively. "Who made you in charge?!?! We're going to search for Starfire and that's final!" "No need to. She's right here." All the Titans turned around to see Manticore and Starfire fly though an open window. "Manticore! You're back!" "Starfire! You're safe!" The Titans kept saying stuff like that for a while, then Cy asked, "How did you guys get here?" Starfire told them everything that happened, including the part where Manticore changed to look like Jinx. Raven left the room after Star finished, acting kind of strangely. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Slade and Gizmo were walking by a storage closet and heard muffled screaming. They opened the door and saw Jinx surrounded by a violet aura, which included her mouth. "What happened?" Slade asked after he and Gizmo freed her. "Someone that looked like Raven came in and tied me up. She left looking like me!" Slade only said one word. "Manticore." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Uh, Manticore, since when have you been able to change your form? Can Raven?" BB asked. "No. I've been able to change all of my life, but Raven never has and never will. You see, I'm a very rare type of Azarathian. My family and I are 'Pale-skinned' Azarathians. We can change shape and color, but not our face, and we are considered freaks. My parents told me to never tell anyone that I was a 'pale-skin'-not even Raven-until I was 16 (A. /N. I think that's how old Raven is) because I could leave the planet if anyone ever tried to hurt or even kill me at that age. That happens to a lot of my kind." "So you never told Raven?" Robin asked. "Yes. I think that might be why she didn't trust me last time we met." "Because she found out you were a 'pale-skin' as you call it, and you never told her?" "Yeah." Little did Manticore or anyone else know that not telling Raven her secret would affect the future in a horrible way. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Slade sat in his chair and watched as a shadowy figure entered the room. "I hear you want the Teen Titans." "That is correct and obvious." "Okay. I can help you. I'll bring in the Titans under one condition." "What's that?" "I want you to let me bring in the Azarathian Manticore as well so I can torture her with your machines." "That sounds like a reasonable idea. I wanted Manticore myself, but if that is the condition, then you have a job." "Thank you. I shall return with the Titans." The figure left the room. She took off her disguise. Under it was Raven. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
What?!?! Now Raven's a villain?!?! Why?!?! I just love leaving you guys on cliffhangers, and I'd like to get 5 reviews before I post the next chapter. Don't worry; I have a logical explanation why she turned evil.