Promises to be missed
Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans, or the characters. If I did it would still be running T.T
A/N: Sorry it's short and rushed, I just wanted to get this chapter out of the way ;
Prologue
Fight's were nothing of a big deal for any of the Titan's. It was simply they're duty to protect the city, like a chore. Hardly any emotions ran through their minds as the alarm bleeped, except for excitement about doing something... well, exciting; patriotic to their beloved community, and slight irritation. They were not detached hero's at all, they felt somewhat close to their well known enemies and the tiniest bit thankful to minor criminals like thieves to get them out the tower. Nervousness and anticipation however were not on that list, which is why the stoic member of the group was caught off guard when the fearless leader stated they were going against old regulars, the HIVE.
A wave of mild irritation fell gently over Raven as flashing red lights accompanied by the sound of broad loud alarms filled the living room, disturbing her from the welcoming words and scents from her newly acquired scroll. Simply sighing and gently placing the book onto the right side of her seat opposite the kitchen, she replaced her finger holding the uncountable pages with a crimson bookmark, skilfully using only her first three fingers. Still cross legged, she glanced at the two teenaged trouble makers now tensed on the couch to her best friend in the kitchen, before looking to the computer next to the TV and waited for commandments from Robin.
"All right!!" Yelled a sceptic Beast boy now leaping from his place on the couch and pounding his fist into the air enthusiastically. "Finally a bit of action!"
"Yeah, coz you certainly haven't seen alot of that lately have ya greenie?" Teased his best friend Cyborg, who calmly raised himself from his relaxed position to stand tall above the shape shifter. These choice of words earned him a disgusted look from the green boy, and a somewhat amused look from the blue clad girl. He smiled at her, proud he was able to provoke a little smirk from what he felt, was his younger sister.
"Dude! I like, just turned 16!!" Beast boy protested, only to get a sympathetic pat on the back from the mechanically enhanced Cyborg.
"Aww, still only a minor!" He smirked, "So? Robin and Rae are like 17 now, and I bet they..."
"Stop there!" Raven advised in an assertive tone.
"I was just gonna say they've probably had some sort of experience," He said smugly before panicking slightly at the dangerous glare the small girl held. "Uh... just like a kiss or something, nothing major!" He smirked once again. "Unless of course there's something you aint telling us Rae?"
Raven simply shook her head, seemingly unfazed by the remark, but hoping they couldn't see through her facade. It was true she had done nothing at all major, but a secret is a secret all the same...
"Coz if there was some guy on the radar, I'd have to go check im out!" Cyborg said in a put on low, but brotherly tone, again earning him a small smile.
"Friend Robin, what is the trouble we are required to stop?" Starfire's soft concerned tone broke the playful banter the three team members were currently residing in. All turned to Robin who was re checking the information very quickly.
"It's a break in, the mall… the HIVE." He said slight confusion in his voice. The group of villains hadn't been seen for some time, ever since Jinx had disappeared from them. They had caused very little trouble, from lack of a leader, and Jinx had not committed a crime in months, not since she fought along with the Titan's. She wasn't exactly considered a severe villain anymore, because the last time she had been seen in action, she had been helping.
Raven filled with several emotions all at once. Anxiety, dread, fear and hope. All of these for one thing. Quickly she felt her warm blood rush out of her and she barely resisted the urge to shiver. No please, not today, not now… Sickness churned in her stomach, but she refused to let it show, releasing no sign of emotion in the slightest, just the usual deadpan expression. She swallowed and closed her eyes, attempting to awake from what she prayed was a nightmare. Following orders and everyone else, she levitated out the metal doors when the expected war cry sounded from the leader.
"Titans Go!"
As they approached the mall, the Titan's were more than a little shocked to find very little damage and calm pedestrians, well, calmer than what they usually were. Raven tightened her stomach and prayed that they wouldn't arrive, and that the world would stop or never end so she could continue to fly above the T-car carelessly. Unfortunately they did arrive and when she touched down next to her visibly confused friends, who were exiting the vehicle, her head flooded with worry and dread all over again.
The HIVE five were standing in front of the shopping mall doors, staring right at Robin and his brave team, obviously waiting for them. Of course Jinx was centre front of the gang and as always she wore a challenging smirk. She was dressed in her usual attire and she had her hands on her hips, attitude radiated off her. As the Titan's formulated and Raven landed safely onto the concrete, Jinx turned her head around to the left and spoke a few words to her group. Their reply was a simple nod, few more words exchanged and a smile from the bulk they named Mammoth…
"Thanks for helping me with this guy's." Jinx said to her team with a appreciative smile.
"Ah, no problem, you know we would never miss a chance to humiliate these snot-nosed pea brains!" Gizmo voiced with his usual half attempted insults, his stare fixated on one particular, mechanical enemy.
"'Sides, we owe you… a lot! And we'd always help out when it comes down to loove…" Mammoth was stopped dead in his tracks, by the powerful glare his leader gave him. He fell silent and instantly regretted saying anything as annoyance and hurt were the only emotions shown in Jinx's cat like eyes. He looked at his feet in shame before sighing and focusing on the Titan's once again. Jinx closed her eyes and breathed deeply, disposing of her emotions and keeping focused on being completely heartless. She opened them again and they carried an apparent vaccant expression.
Now in their normal crime fighting stance Robin shouted his war cry and everyone went to their usual fighting partners, Cyborg and Beast boy with Gizmo, Robin and Starfire with Mammoth, and finally Raven with Jinx. The sorceresses battle was original, like it always was, but their dialogue explained much more than their fake fighting.
"Where have you been?" Raven asked, attempting to restrain her 'enemy' with her powers.
"You know me, never in one place for too long!" Jinx replied with a wink, blocking the energy and front flipping next to her opponent, attempting a drop kick but missing. The playfulness her expression used to hold was now gone though, even though she was trying to act the same as always.
"You left." Raven stated dead toned, trying to place a punch on the smaller girl.
"I never." Jinx grabbed her fist with one hand and hit Raven in the stomach with the other, the fight was becoming more violent than they had intended.
"Where were you then?" Raven's anger was building as she stepped back a few paces from the blow. Picking up a nearby signpost with telekinetic energy, she swung at Jinx.
"Come on Rae, so you haven't seen me for a while. You didn't see me for a few days, is that so hard to live with?" Jinx asked with sarcasm and venom dripping from her tone, skilfully hoping over the post and firing hexes at the empath. Raven did not reply, and Jinx took this as her que to explain the situation. "If you're like this now, what're you gonna do when I'm not here anymore?" Jinx's face was expressionless, an unnatural trait in the energetic, playful youth. Raven was still silent but she wore a look of disbelief, shielding herself from the hexes and bringing up the path to hit Jinx from behind. She fell to the floor, but quickly jumped back to her feet, going into hand to hand combat with Raven.
"I'm leaving." She said stonily. The empath glared daggers.
"You promised you would always be here!" Raven shouted, obviously hurt.
"You promised you'd never hurt me!" Jinx cried back, totally stunning the dark girl in front of her. What followed after was pure silence.