This chapter has quite a bit of exposition in it. Its either leave it or have a character talk to themselves. And well some of these characters just don't talk...or just not in a language that I could type up that anyone would understand. I don't know anyone that speaks grunts other than Tim the Tool Man Taylor and I don't think he will be stepping out of the TV to teach us anytime soon. A lot of the rest of this story is like that and I really don't know how to change it and still tell the story...cause ooga boogas and ooo ooo ooo's don't really help much. That was the helpful aspect of the script/screen play format I used to write in-which now drives me buggy if I try to do it on a computer. And the last time I checked that format wasn't allowed on here anyway.
Crashing Down-Chapter 2
Raven awakens wet and cold-she quickly discovers water rising in the pod. Its too dark for her to see anything. "Great another crash landing. Is everyone okay? Hello...Robin? Cyborg? Starfire? Beast Boy?" She gasps in pain as she tries to move. She manages to open a drawer and pull out an emergency flashlight. Turning it on she can see the pod is surrounded by water. She shines the light all around but there is no trace of her friends in the murky water. She tries using her powers to sense for them-but her head aches terribly and she is unable to focus. She can only hope they are safe as she looks up. Raven immediately regrets moving her head-she feels very dizzy and even sick to her stomach. She can barely make out any light coming from the surface. She blinks her eyes as she tries to clear her vision-if everything goes dark that means she will black out and if she blacks out then she is going to die when the water gets too high. She tries to unbuckle the seat belt only to find that one of top belts is broken. She touches her face when she feels something trickle down in it. In the beam from the flash light she finds blood on her fingers. She sees blood on the steering column now and the headset mic she was wearing dangles from it-she realizes that she must have hit her head when the belt broke. The reason she can't focus her powers must be because she has a concussion. Raven unfastens the rest of the belts-wincing from the bruising on her chest-hoping that there is no more serious damage than that. She unfastens her cloak-kicks off her shoes-removes her belt-anything that is going to weigh her down. She knows she is only going to have one chance to get to the surface and the less she has to weigh her down the better. She pops the emergency release on the pod-but doesn't try to push it off. She knows that she needs to wait until the water has completely filled the pod. She waits taking the last breath she can before the pod finally fills up. She struggles the wrestle the pod hatch away. She misses the use of her powers-it would be a lot easier with them. Finally Raven is free to swim to the surface. Her body aches from the crash as she swims and her lungs begin to cry out for air-but there is still a lot of distance for her to cover. Raven fears she won't make it and has to force herself not to panic. If she panics then she knows she will drown. She covers several more feet before she looses the battle to hold her breath. She still struggles to reach the surface but she can't stop herself from drawing water into her lungs. The surface seems so close now...but for her it seems is just out of reach. She barely registers the dark shadow above-but the pain as something reaches into the water and grabs her is all too clear. Her side feels like its on fire as she is dragged out of the water. Raven struggles to breathe as she finds herself on the shore. She feels a weight settle on her chest and more pain in her stomach. She somehow manages to wrestle away from whatever is attacking her-only to be pounced on again.
The big cat like creature claws at Raven's back-trying to rip her open. She has cubs to feed and her prey is going to do quite nicely. She sinks her teeth into the neck of her prey and starts to drag it away.
From sheer terror Raven's powers are unleashed and her attacker is knocked away from her. The use of her powers so raw and uncontrolled hurts her more than the physical attack. She lays where she is whimpering until pain finally begins to fade away. When she opens her eyes Raven sees an animal very much like a saber tooth tiger would have looked like on pre-historic Earth. She watches as its claws still drip with her blood. Raven looks on warily as the big cat lays unconscious by the boulder it was slammed into. She tries to get away before it awakens-but she is too exhausted to move. She is loosing a lot of blood and is unable to trigger her healing powers. Raven tries to get up again only to collapse back on the ground. She does manage to pick up several handfuls of sandy soil and pack into her wounds-hoping it will help them clot faster. She looses consciousness as several shadows fall over her.
The Titans sit around the wreckage of the T-ship mourning the apparent loss of their friend when Robin stands up suddenly. "She's alive...I can feel her..."
"Glorious! We must make haste and locate Raven."
Beast Boy stands up. "Where do we look?"
"We'll just have to fan out and search. If she were close by I could pick up her tracking signal with my scanners." Cyborg checks again just to make sure that he doesn't pick up a signal. He turns in the direction the T-ship crashed from. "I say we go that way."
"Titans Go!" This time the battle cry takes on a whole new meaning as they rush out in search of their friend.
As Raven comes to she finds herself surrounded by humanoid figures. As she blinks to clear her vision she hopes to find her friends-but as she looks around these are clearly not them. They remind her of the cave man from the car insurance commercials. She tries to get up as one that can't be much older than her pokes at her breasts.
The young male backs away when the strange girl moves. He quickly goes back to her. She is strange compared to his people-but she is female and he is coming of age. He looks back at the older males who are killing the beast to take back to camp for food.
Raven looks over at the others as they kill the creature. It may have meant to kill her-but it did safe her from drowning. She wishes that she could summon her powers to scare them away.
The younger male looks up as the others gather the kill and call out to him. He calls back pointing out Raven.
The males look at each other. There is no mate for the young male back in the clan. They have seen many strange to them-but none as strange as her. Finally after much discussion they agree to let him have her if she survives her injuries.
Raven clearly picks up on their feelings. She can't seem to shut off her empathic abilities.
He picks up Raven once the others give him the okay and tosses her over his shoulder.
She cries out from the pain of her injuries as he carries her away. She weakly tries to make him let her go-but she too weak to fight him off. She doesn't think he would take no for an answer even if she could.