Under My Control
Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen titans.
The day had been long and filled with many disappointments. The Titans had failed in capturing a thief at the local museum. There mood didn't lighten as they returned home to find that Speedy had come over and would be staying for a week. Cyborg had spoken to Bumblebee about the reason Speedy was here, though all she said was that they thought Blood might be back in jump and he was there to find him.
By the time they had dealt with Speedy's unannounced arrival they were all tired. They decided to have their dinner and head to bed. Raven was the only one who skipped and went straight to her room. She hadn't felt hungry to begin with, only very tired. She got ready for bed as quickly as she could and laid down in her bed. The fight they had at the museum had been an odd one, the person didn't seem to steal anything. The only crimes Raven could see was breaking and entering and property destruction. She couldn't understand why someone would break into a museum to simply break the glass cases, though she didn't have time to dwell on it either.
She sat up in her bed as she felt an odd presence inside her room. It was too dark for her to see much of anything, but she could defiantly feel someone staring at her from inside the dark, darker than it should have been, like someone was blocking out the light. She held her hand out, her dark magic flowing to her finger tips. She was about to send a wave of her magic out when a hand shot from the wall of blackness and clutched her wrist. She couldn't understand what was happening to her, it was like all of her magic was being forced down.
"I couldn't believe how beautiful you really are. He thought constantly about you, but I never expected this," The voice was male, Raven had no doubts about that, it also sounded a lot like the person who broke into the museum. She yanked her hand back as hard as she could, but it didn't have the desired effect. Instead of freeing herself, she ended up pulling this man on top of her. He smiled at her showing off he's perfect smile. "I didn't have a good enough stance, though you are a lot stronger than I would have expected," he said simply.
"Who are you? What have you done to my powers?" Raven asked. She wasn't scared of this man at all, just annoyed.
"My name is Merlin and as for your powers I am simply binding them but I promise I will return them as soon as I'm finished," his smile turned a little dark which caused Raven to worry. She became even more concerned as he fixed himself up so that he was properly straddling her waist and holding her hands down.
"My friends will come and stop you, all I have to do is yell," Raven said, it was the only thing she could think of, though she doubted they would hear her considering the distance. His smiled seemed to only brighten at her words.
"Then, dear, I will take that away as an option. Using my powers I can easily block sound from leaving this room," now she felt scared. She had never really dealt with a person that could so easily block her powers, nor had she ever been trapped under a man who looked at her with such desire.
Merlin laughed as her expression started to show fear and leaned in close to nip at her ear. He mumbled and whispered into her ear "I am certainly going to have fun. And once I'm done having my way, I'll destroy what's left of this body so no man will ever want it".
He had started to kiss her and pulled her body flush with his own. He was showing a type of determination which Raven wasn't used to. She wasn't even sure he was actually attracted to her, it seemed like he just wanted to prove that he could easily break a member of the teen titans.
Merlin had started to play with the zipper when the doors to her room flew off the hinges. He turned to attack the intruder but was knocked back by an arrow. The next arrow that was shot smashed through Ravens bedroom window and the last arrow knocked Merlin back enough that he had to grab broken edge to stop himself from falling.
"Leave her alone!" Speedy said as he aimed another arrow. Raven was shocked, she doubted anyone would come to help her, she wasn't even sure how he could know.
"How, I blocked that noise and made it so no one could hear what was happening within these walls, how on earth did you figure out what was going on?" Merlin said. She could tell he was upset, but he was mostly annoyed.
"Get out, that's the last warning I'm going to give you," Speedy said, and stayed true to. The moment Merlin even went to move towards Raven he shot another arrow which knocked him out the window.
"Speedy!" Robin yelled as he arrived at the room. He ducked over to the window and looked out.
"He didn't kill that guy, did he?" Starfire asked. Robin shook his head.
"I think he teleported. But that doesn't accuse the fact that you tried to kill him," Robin said.
"Considering what he was doing to Raven, I don't care," Speedy dropped his bow and moved over to Raven, who had by now managed to stand and fix herself up. She was happy that he had saved her, though she couldn't work out how he knew she was in danger.
"I know, but it doesn't give us the right to kill," Robin said. He had been watching Speedy rather carefully.
"Are you okay?" Speedy asked Raven and took her hand.
"I'm fine, though I have no idea how you knew something was wrong with me," she said.
"I will always protect you, my sweet Raven," Speedy said and kissed her.
It was a complete shock to everyone in the room who all gasped, but even more of a shock to Raven. Her gasp allowed him to deepen the kiss and her shock stopped her from even pushing him away. The worst part for Raven was that he kept his eyes open and looking directly into hers. The kiss was powerful but it was his strong gaze that made her feel like a weak. He only broke the kiss when Cyborg had started to yell at him.
"What the hell Speedy, you're here to catch Blood, not make out with our Raven. And what was that, you didn't even ask her if you could kiss her, you just assumed that you would be allowed. Have you gone insane?" Cyborg was almost shouting at him. Raven on the other hand was just insanely confused. She knew that Speedy didn't like her like that.
"I'm not insane, and it's not like she's never wanted to kiss me," he said in reply. Speedy placed a hand on Ravens chin and tilted her head up towards him so he would be able to brush his lips on hers. "Isn't that right my sweet Raven," he kissed her once more, but this time Raven realised that something was wrong.
"You're not," she couldn't finish the sentence because she wanted so badly for it not to be true.
"Speedy, no, I'm not. I merely borrowed his body though I doubt I'll be returning it anytime soon." He smiled and pulled Raven closer to him. "My sweet Raven, did you honestly believe that I could be contained inside such a weak book,"
"Malchior, why?"
"Because I couldn't stand what that monster was going to do to you, I wouldn't let him do that,"
"How could you even know what was happening in here, your book is closed and it's away so you can see anything,"
"I have always been able to see into this room, I do my best to look away when you're changing though," he smiled and walked over to the trunk that held his book. "Most times,"
Raven leaned on the edge of her dresser and stared off to him almost completely bewildered. She couldn't believe it. Malchior was free and using Speedy's body. She also didn't like the idea of him being able to watch as she changed. Those words, 'most times' where stuck in her head.
"So your Malchior, you just decided to take over Speedys body," Cyborg said. Like the others he was struggling to wrap this around his head.
"Indeed I am," Raven finally noticed what it was that he was doing. Malchior had hold of his book. She used her magic to rip it from his hand and pull it into her own.
"I won't allow you to free yourself,"
"If that's what I wanted, don't you think I would have done so by now, I mean it's not like I couldn't just take over somebody's body at any point," he smirked and sat on the end of her bed. "So, do I sleep in here, I mean I have been for the past year?"
"Sleep, why would you need sleep, you're going back into the book," Beast Boy said. Malchior looked at him with a sly smile.
"Really, I wasn't aware of you having such magic,"
"You can give Speedy back his body, can't you Raven?" Robin asked. Raven seemed to still be in slight shock and was clenching the book tightly to her body.
"I don't think I can. I've never done it before and if I do it wrong Speedy might just be evicted from his own body. Malchior would have to willingly give him the body and I'm extremely sure that isn't going to happen,"
"Not anytime soon. It's the first time I've had a real body in so many years and there are plenty of thing I would like to do," he said before turning back to Raven with a smile. "Most of which will involve you,"
"Never, I was fooled by you once but I won't let that happen again. Cyborg can you show him to where Speedy was staying," Raven said. She stayed glaring at Malchior the entire time, yet she couldn't stop her heart from beating faster. She hoped that was merely an effect of all the excitement.
After Cyborg had taken Malchior out and Beast Boy and Starfire had left, Robin started to speak. "As much as I hate it, if Malchior didn't take over his body you could have been really hurt," he said.
"But he's back. That person that attack me is nothing compared to what Malchior will be if he gets his full power back," Raven sat on her bed. She couldn't believe this. Malchior was a lot of things to her but the main thing he was, was the person who broke her heart. Yet he had kissed her like a man who truly cared.
"We will figure out a way to put him back inside the book, for now we should worry about the person who attacked you, they might try it again," Robin placed a hand on Ravens shoulder and tried to give her his best reassuring smile.
"No, that person is nowhere near as dangerous as Malchior is. We can figure out how to put Malchior back first, besides I don't think that guy's about to show back up for a while," Raven said. Robin knew there was no arguing with her.
"Okay, try and get some rest, well figure this out tomorrow," Robin said.
Raven used her magic to fix the window before laying down in bed. She couldn't believe it. Malchior was back and he had taken over somebody's body. She wondered how long he'd been able to do that for, was he waiting for something or did he just want to use it when she would be at her weakest. But then, why did he use it to save her.
She fell asleep just as morning had started to hit. None of her questions had been answered, but she hoped that they would be, soon.
So this one is supposed to be a three part. I was having trouble with how to start this one but hopefully it didn't turn out too bad.
