"It's Dr. Light, again." Robin said. Raven could feel the tension in his thoughts as he turned to face them.
She felt the thoughts of her other two teammates (which she actually felt like they were more like family than friends or teammates, but she would never admit to that.) coming down the hall towards the common room. She heard the door open, and without having to look she knew which one had been the first to reach the door. Then, three sensations hit her at the same time. The first was a wave of affection, coming from robin as Starfire entered the room. The second and third hit at the same time, and they were both coming from the same direction. She felt a massive wave of affection from the other side of her; while that same someone was watching her. What the hell? She thought. She looked at him, and raised an eyebrow, and he did his absolute best to not notice she was even in the room.
Ok, that's just weird. Since when did he start that? Or has he just been hiding it? She laughed to herself. Right, he thinks you are creepy, remember?
"Alright team, head out, hopefully this will be a short fight and we will be back in time to get started on the new training program me and Cy have been working on." Raven sighed to herself, knowing not to say anything till they got back about being drained of energy. She really didn't like training, especially because they couldn't ever train at night. She liked the dark, much better than the glaring light of the sun.
She thought about this as CY sped out of the underground garage in the blue beast he called his baby. They turned down one street, then another. The whole way she kept reaching out to him to get an update on what he saw, and she wanted to ask him about earlier, but he would not let her in. after a few minutes, Robin turned around in his seat to look at her.
"What's the report from up above?" Robin asked.
"nothing." She replied, not attempting to calm her voice. He never blocked her out completely. He tried to hide stuff, but not shut her out. What is going on? She thought. Just then Robin's communicator went off, and as he opened it, she saw Beast Boys face on the screen.
"Dude, something's weird. There isn't anybody on the streets for forever, and my instincts are telling me to find a rock to hide under." She heard him say.
"We are just around the corner from you; hold tight till i can get a better feel for what is going on." Robin replied.
"And don't go hiding under rocks as a T-Rex, like you did playing hide and seek, nobody would mistake you for a statue." Cyborg added.
"Please, his smell alone would make it easy for anybody with a working nose to find him. Or anybody with a nose at all for that matter." She added just to get back at him for waking her up so early with his nightmare.
Robin's communicator went dark and three sets of eyes were on her, but before she could respond she felt him scream in pain in her head. Without saying another word, she phased through the backseat of the car, hearing CY say something like 'that can't be good for my baby.'
She reappeared on a deserted block, with only one person anywhere to be seen. She saw the green titan climb to his feet, apparently not seeing her yet.
"Garfield, are you ok?" she asked as she went to grab his shoulder and turn him to face her. But instead of responding he let out one of the most horrifying growl she had ever heard, (and as half demon, she could scare a werewolf with hers.) and she dropped her hand immediately. Ok, different tactic. She thought to herself, and then reached out for his mind with her own. She felt him lower the barrier, and she could fell the guilt from snapping at her seep through the link.
There aren't any windows around, but I'm pretty sure a wall would do. What was that about? I just asked a question, so what gives? She asked, not too sure what to make of what just happened.
I can't hear or see straight right now; he got me with one of his stupid toys, before i could do anything. He responded, almost sounding like it was his pride that was hurt, not his hearing.
So you tried taking him down by yourself? I knew there wasn't much between your ears, but seriously? She let him feel the sarcasm, knowing it would do him good to hear it from her in a joking way, before Robin got here and ripped into him for it in earnest.
No, i took another look around the corner so i could see if he was on the move yet, when bam, he got me. He replied matter-of-factly.
Beast Boy spun in a couple of circles looking rather confused, then looked right at her and raised an eyebrow.
"I felt your pain and figured you did something stupid, so I figured it would be better if I showed up first and made sure you didn't do anything that would cost us more training time, or double chores or something like that." After she finished, she realized he still couldn't hear, but did see the T-car sliding around the corner.
You still can't hear? Might want to sit this one out and let me handle him, as I'm the only one he fears. She told him in his mind, but didn't push it when she felt his stubbornness he was about to kick in.
"Raven, what the hell was that about? What was so damned important that you had to go off on your own?" Robin asked.
"I felt pain, then panic from Beast Boy. Dr. Light got him with a flash bang from around a corner, and with his over-sensitive hearing, he is now effectively deaf." She replied flat toned.
Starfire gasped and covered her mouth in horror. Cyborg on the other hand, was having the time of his life almost rolling on the ground laughing. Raven was about to dump a loaded trashcan on his head, when from down the street, they all hear Dr. Light laughing at them.
"Looks like one of you is a little hard of hearing, or maybe he should just turn into a jungle cat so you can call him Def Leppard." He said mocking the only person who couldn't verbally defend himself.
"What?" Beast Boy yelled. Not even being able to hear his own voice.
"Are you sure he even has anything between his ears? Cause it seems like none of you has a brain combined between the five of you."
"Dude, you would think he was trying out for some lip-sync concert or something, the way he's going." Beast Boy said loudly enough half the city could hear him without needing to open their windows.
Why are you mocking him when you can't even hear what he is saying? She asked him, a smirk forming on her face when she heard her own thought echoed back at her.
That's exactly why. He fired the first round, i can't hear, therefore I'm going to get him angry, because he doesn't fight as well angry. He replied.
Why not leave the taunting to somebody who is actually funny then? She did not mean to let that slip, but before she could say anything else to try and cover it up, Beast Boy took a direct hit from Dr. Light's energy cannon, launching him back along the street into a light pole.
"Titans move!" Robin yelled as Beast Boy hit the pole.
Starfire went straight up into the air going for a dive bomb, eyes glowing green, star bolts hiding her hands from view as she launched volley after volley towards the villain. Robin threw some bird-a-rangs at hit, following up with his bo-staff. CY blasted away with his arm cannon. Raven was about to run to Beast Boy to see if he was lucid, but at that moment, everything went to hell.
The battle went from 4 against 1 to one against one. Robin, Star, and CY were all trapped in their own force bubbles. Now they didn't last long enough for an extended battle, but if she went down they would last long enough.
"Azarath Metrion ZINTHOS!" she cried as her eyes glowed obsidian, and the shadows started creeping from her violet cloak. But before they could fully form and attack, she caught a glimpse of something green out of the corner of her eye. She saw Beast Boy leap towards Dr. Light and get blindsided by a light encased fist straight to his temple, blasting him against the building. The obsidian glow was gone from her eyes in a heartbeat, and was replaced with four glowing crimson eyes. As she was gathering her strength to send every tendril of darkness to overpower this idiot, and show him the face of true evil, something hit her leg. As she looked down at it, all four of her eyes went wide with surprise. It was a flash bang, and before she could react at all, it went off. She was blind, deaf, and disoriented. She did feel Beast Boys panic, and the light energy charging up. So, she gathered her strength, and used the source of power when it released to counteract it. Too late she realized that someone, a very green someone was going to end up right in the middle of the two impacts, and there was nothing she could do to stop it.
"NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" She screamed at the top of her lungs, and blasted it with as much mental power as she possessed.
Please don't be mad. She heard in her head as she saw him fall to the ground. Looking around everybody was out cold, Dr. Light, Cyborg, Robin, and Starfire. She knew she had to get him help. Raven Picked up Beast Boy and phased through the pavement.
Ok, as you all know, I own nothing. I wish I did though. Oh, and the only reason this update went up as soon as it did, was I have a friend (you know who you are) who bugs me every time we talk to get the next update up. So you have him to thank. Let me know what you think about it.