Inside Tim's Mind Chapter 02
Chikorita-Trainer1
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Disclaimer: I don't own DC Comics' characters.
Author's Note: Please forgive the shortness of this chapter. I don't really know what I'm doing, writing a supernatural fic. Remember, it's my first time really attempting this genre.
Dick, Damian and Raven were still trudging along an open, grassy field on their way to the mountain range inside Tim's head.
"What are you smiling about?" Damian asked his brother.
"I'm just glad that somewhere deep down, Tim does love you," said Dick. Damian scrunched up his face in disgust.
"That was weird," he said.
"Well, I know you don't really like being picked up or hugged or anything," said Dick. "But even though he won't outright admit it, Tim loves you. Or we wouldn't have met the side of him that says so."
"Whatever," said Damian.
"Is it just me or is it getting hot?" asked Raven as they approached the mountain.
"It's not just you," Dick answered. "I think we must be coming to a volcano or something."
"Then we must be getting close to Angry Tim," said Damian.
"My thoughts exactly," said Dick. The brothers climbed up the mountain while Raven merely flew.
"Yep. We're right," she said. "There's a pool of lava over there." Dick and Damian sped up their climbing and followed Raven through a small hallway of jagged rocks until they came to a big crater in the mountain, and sure enough, boiling as hot as Mt. Doom, there was a pool of bright orange lava.
"This must be where Angry Tim resides," said Damian.
"Duh," muttered Dick. "TIM? TIM, ARE YOU HERE?" he called. No one answered, so the three adventurers stepped closer to the lava pool.
As they looked around, they noticed that in addition to a pool of lava, there were skeleton bones and skulls and carved gargoyles and devils and demons all around as well.
"Jeez, it's like we walked into a Ronnie James Dio album," muttered Dick.
"This must be what your ENTIRE mind looks like, eh?" said Raven to Damian.
"And I suppose yours is all happy bunnies and sunshine?" Damian shot back sarcastically.
"OK, you know what? Nobody's perfect!" yelled Dick. "So Tim has a dark side. Don't we all?"
"You haven't seen dark YET," came a rather raspy voice. Dick, Damian and Raven turned around to see another Tim, standing up on a rock about fifteen feet above them. He was wearing a black T-shirt with a skull and flames on it, ripped jeans, black Converse and black, studded wrist bands. Basically he looked like a regular teenager. He jumped down from his rock and landed before them.
"Uh, hey buddy," said Dick. Angry Tim stood up from the crouching position he had landed in, and looked up at his brother. "Still having eye-problems?" Dick said this because Angry Tim's eyes were completely black.
"I'm not your buddy," sneered Angry Tim. "And according to you, I'm not your brother, either."
"Now, Timmy, you know that's not true…" said Dick.
"Don't call me TIMMY!" snarled Angry Tim. "You make me sound like a damn child!" He shoved his hands in his pockets and shuffled around the edge of the lava pool. "Like someone else I could name?"
"At least I don't look like I just raided Hot Topic!" Damian shot back.
"Yeah, you're SO cool, aren't you?" said Angry Tim. "You show up, punch me in the face, claim that I don't deserve everything I've WORKED FOR just because YOU'RE Bruce's biological son? As if BLOOD makes all the difference?"
"Tim, you're not the only one who feels resentment towards Damian," said Raven.
"Oh, shut up, you goth bitch!" said Angry Tim. "Why're you damn fickle, anyway? First you like Beast Boy, then you hate him. Then you kiss him, then you break his heart. Why don't you just marry him already? Put us all out of our damn misery!"
"Alright, Tim, that's enough!" said Dick.
"And YOU!" said Angry Tim. "Is that all you know how to say? I yell at Damian 'cause he's being a little bitch and you tell ME to back off. Why don't you ever tell HIM to back off? He's the one making trouble!"
"You're the one slinging insults, Drake!" yelled Damian.
"Shut the fuck up, you little ball of nasal mucus!" snarled the avatar.
"OK! YOU'VE BOTH MADE YOUR POINTS!" screamed Dick. "You know what? I've seen enough. Maybe we should look for a way out of here."
"You may as well, you're not doing any good here," said Angry Tim as he sat down beside the lava pool and began to toss small rocks into it.
"Raven, do you have any idea how to get home?" asked Dick. Raven shrugged.
"My best guess would be to go somewhere there's electricity. Maybe if we find Sad Tim, it will be raining and there will be lightning," she suggested.
"That actually makes sense," Damian admitted. "Can you fly around and look for some storm clouds?"
"Sure," said Raven. She ascended into the air and looked around.
Dick just turned back and looked at Angry Tim.
Tim, why couldn't you just tell me you felt this way? Then I wouldn't have had to invade your mind like this.
"Guys, I do see some grayish sky off in that direction," Raven said as she pointed.
"Good job, Raven," said Dick. "Let's get a move on."
And so Dick, Damian and Raven climbed down the mountain and walked on in the direction of the possible rain clouds.
END OF CHAPTER 02
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