Chapter 2: Pizza cake
They had been flying over a park when suddenly they saw it. "There he is!" shouted Terra from her position in the front of the formation. She was crouching on a flying rock and pointing towards the giant ooze monster. Beast Boy flew alongside her in the form of an eagle, next to him flew Raven and Starfire, who was carrying Cyborg. Beneath them Robin was riding his R-cycle with Jericho on the back (holding on for dear life) and Kid-flash was carrying Jinx Piggy-back style while he ran.
Fighting was a lot easier with this many people, it only took a few minutes. Starfire threw star-bolts, Cyborg shot lasers, Robin threw bombs and Beast Boy attacked with the force of what-ever animal he was. Kid-flash was still carrying Jinx and as he ran she would shoot beams of bad luck at the monster causing the ground to crack beneath him. Terra and Raven worked together to form a cage of solid rock around the monster so he couldn't move. Then, once Plasmus was secure, they made a small opening in the barrier to let Jericho through. As soon as he had eye-contact with the monster he was in control of its body. Every-one stopped attacking and Raven and Terra demolished the cage. Jericho was immediately sucked into a portal Raven had created which led directly to the Jump-city prison. There Jericho explained the situation to the guards through sign language (luckily they understood) and then walked casually in to a cell. He waited there until the guards had locked it securely then he returned to his own body where every-one was waiting for him.
"Nice work, Team," Said Robin as he put on his helmet.
"Robin, may go and enjoy the pizza cake now?" asked Starfire sweetly.
Cyborg laughed, "You mean Pizza pie, Star."
"Okay," said Robin "Star, Cy, BB, Terra and I will go get Pizza to bring home, the rest of you can go home or do whatever you want." Then they left.
So Raven, Jinx and Kid-flash set off towards the Titans tower. Raven flying and Kid-flash still carrying Jinx on his back. Jericho just stood there; he had come with Robin on his R-cycle and now he had no way of getting back except walking. He sighed, it was a long way back and the others were already out of sight. He gazed up at the sky, the stars were beautiful but you could hardly see them for all the smog in the air. Not like on his mountain, back there the stars where so bright and they twinkled and shone like little pieces of silver and gold that had been strung up in the sky. He loved to play his guitar at night, under the moon and the stars, in the crisp, fresh air. It wasn't like that here and he missed his mountain. He walked over to one of the benches and sat down. He did like it here though; he liked helping the city by fighting crime. He liked that the shops were so close; he liked the view of the ocean that he could see from his bedroom window. But most of all he liked not being alone all the time, he liked having friends. It had been a bit weird at first; he wasn't use to having so many people around, but he got used to it. And he learnt about his friends, what they like what they don't like, there powers, their relationships, that kind of thing. He sat on the bench, in the park, and stared into space. He missed his mountain but he knew that if he left now he would miss this place too. There are so many stars out there, he thought, so many stars and so many planets and so many galaxies and so many universes and I'm only one little tiny person. He thought of stuff like this a lot, (there's not much to do on a mountain) and sometimes he thought that if he vanished no one would notice, but know that he was a titan if he vanished people would notice, and they would miss him. He liked that.
Raven was half way back to the tower when she noticed that Jericho wasn't with them. She felt horrible because she had just left him there, she had forgotten about him completely! He must think I'm a total bitch! She thought to herself. She turned around and flew back to see if she could at least make a portal for him. I can't believe I didn't realise! She thought, He was so nice to me and I just forgot he was even there! I forgot he couldn't fly or run fast, he didn't even have a bike or anything. And he probably doesn't even know the way back! He is new after all. She finally reached the park where she saw him sitting on a bench. Raven felt a weight lift from her shoulders, Good, he's alright, she thought. Then something hit her, why had she been so worried? Jericho could look after himself; he was a teenage boy with super-powers, who was even going to try to hurt him? He hadn't noticed she was there yet, and she found herself just standing there watching him as he stared into the sky. She smiled, just a little bit, but it was a smile none the less.
Jericho yawned, he hadn't realised how tired he was, being a super-hero was hard work. Without thinking she stretched out on the bench and went to sleep almost straight away. Raven blinked with surprise, she walked over to the sleeping boy. She was about to wake him, but she thought she better not. People don't just fall asleep on hard, uncomfortable park benches unless they are REALLY tired she figured, so she let him sleep. He wasn't taking up the whole bench so she sat down next to him. The bench was extremely hard and uncomfortable, she wondered how it didn't hurt his head. Maybe it does hurt she thought maybe he is really just too tired to care. Without thinking she lifted his head up and laid it down on her lap that should be more comfortable she thought with a yawn. She hadn't woken him; he was still sleeping, so she turned him over so that he was facing her. She stroked his soft blonde hair and brushed away the strands that covered his face. Then suddenly she realised what she was doing! If he woke up now he would think I'm some kind of creepy stalker, she thought to herself I wouldn't blame him if he did, I'm freaking watching him sleep! If someone did this to me while I was asleep I'd be so freaked out. But, but … he's just so …. A smile crept across Raven's face. She knew what she was doing was really weird but she couldn't bring herself to stop, she liked the feel of his skin on hers and it's not like she was just going to leave him asleep on a park bench all alone, and she wasn't going to wake him up either. "I'm sorry Jericho," she whispered. He moved his head toward her just an inch. She knew he didn't even know she was there and she knew that he probably would have thought she was weird if he did. But she couldn't help thinking that if their positions were swapped, if she had fallen asleep on the park bench and he had come and but her head in his lap and stroked her hair, she wouldn't mind ….. She might even like it. And with that thought she fell asleep.
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Raven woke to the sound of children whispering. "Hey look!" said a boy, "It's Raven from the Teen Titans!" exclaimed a little girl. "Shhh" the boy spat, "they're sleeping!"
Raven opened one eye just a crack, there was a little boy and a little girl standing in front of her, Raven was really confused, why were there kids in her bedroom and what did the boy mean when he said "they're sleeping"? She was about to open her eyes completely and tell them to get lost when the little girl said: "Who's that guy there?" and the boy replied "that's one of them new titans, I think his name is like Jerito or Jermiho or somethink."
Suddenly Raven remembered all of the night before, had she really fallen asleep on the park bench with Jericho in her lap? She must of because it was morning and she feel that he hadn't moved at all. A few seconds later the children's mother came and got them, telling them "it's not nice to watch people while they sleep," That made Raven feel really bad. When they were gone she opened her eyes fully, sure enough it was early morning and the sun was bright. It hit her face and made her grey skin shine. She looked down at Jericho. She was right, he hadn't moved at all. She really just wanted to sit there with his head in her hands or a while longer but she knew he would wake up any second so she lifted his head up and laid it back down on the bench then she got up and stretched. She realised that if the other titans woke up and they weren't there they would be worried so she turned into a raven made of pure black light and took herself and Jericho back to the tower. She laid him down on the couch where he would be comfy, (she felt to weird going into his room) then glanced up at the clock it was 5:30 the others would be getting up soon. She made herself some toast then went to the window to meditate.
