Chapter 1: Arella

AN: Hey guys and girls, I'm still alive. Sorry about the staggered updates but I'm in the process of moving to a different province. No kidding. Plus I have a request to make of you. I have now told you the first person on the list and the point of view in which it is in. There are still twelve more. Guess who they are. Hints are on the previous chapter. You will see Evan/goth boy soon. Plus a cameo of my friends character that I have plans for in another story. Check out sorceress of the nile's marishka story. It's really good and I finally go her to upload it. Good job to koriandrs for getting 12 out of fourteen on the list correct.

someusername: no. Just no.

koriandrs: no that was not intentional At all. I have never read that. Is it a good book? also it's based off of thirteen reasons why.

I knew you when I was little. You were there when the prophecy was stated. You are the reason I can be.

I watched as the guard passed by exactly at four thirteen. I had five minutes. More than enough time for someone like me. I pushed the button on my watch to start the timer. With that I was off. Flipping over the bar I was recently perched upon, I landed silently on the ground. As I cut a hole in the antique holder's glass, I noticed that the Titans hasn't shown up. Apparently that was what many villains said. If they did show up they seemed distracted. And no one knew the reason. I heard a noise behind me and looked up to see a birdarang heading my way. I ducked it with ease.
"You've got to do better than that Chuckles if you want to catch me." i stated as I turned to see him. Strangely, he didn't have a corny one liner or even his patented catch phrase. He just attacked. I pulled back and after a few exchanged moves I simply taped him to the floor with a sticky x. Starfire and Cyborg were next as I dodged their ammo shot at me. BeastBoy charged me from behind and butted me as a goat. I sent him flying with an explosive x that I had recently made. I used extra strong xs for both Starfire and Cyborg. Securing them to the floor. Now for the last one. Raven. I looked around, but I couldn't find a blue hooded goth or anything encased in black flying towards my heard. Then it dawned on me. The reason why the Titans didn't put up much of a fight. Raven had left them. Probably for that dragon boy or even the civilian goth she was seen to hang out with. I almost pitied the Titans. She was almost the most entertaining Titan munis Robin himself. I walked up to Robin and as he half-glared I saw the fight he usually had wasn't in him. The others were the same. "Did your little birdy finally want to play with the big boys Robin?" He spat at me. I had to put a hold on my temper at that.
"You don't know her Red X. Only as a hero. As a Titan. You're just a thief."
"And yet I, the humble thief(humble my ass, Robin mumbled) have managed to beat the likes of you." I finished ignoring his comment. "See ya BirdBrain." I called out as I hit the teleporter on my belt.
I materialized in my safe house. As I walked past my counter to put the artifact I had stolen away, I noticed a parcel. It was quite small. Like an iPod box. I checked the address but couldn't find one. It only said 'Red X' written with a thick black marker. I opened it to find a purple iPod shuffle with a black bird designed case. Opening the unlocked device I found there were only thirteen songs numbered 1-13. Go figure. I grabbed some headphones to listen. I selected the last song only for a voice to say 'You can't do that. You must listen to them in order.' The voice was oddly familiar even though it was dark and raspy. It seemed to be very tired. As if they were carrying the fate of the world. Following the advice, I selected the song titled 1. I listed as it came to life.
'If your listening to this it means you are one of the selected thirteen people who get to hear the words of a dead girl. That's right. You've one the sweepstakes to listen to the voice of the most hated Titan, other than Terra, Raven.' I clicked paused and simply stared at the screen. Raven was the most hated Titan. Who told her that? In my opinion... Well. I heard Robin's voice in my mind. "You don't know her. Just as a hero. A titan." He was right. I only knew what anyone else did about her. What did she mean about a dead girl. Is that why she wasn't there? The reason behind the Titan's lack of enthusiasm. She died. I hit play.
'Now you've probably heard the news already and I want to clarify this: I did not die because of an accident or some 'line of duty' bullshit. I died because of you thirteen lucky or unlucky people. Tell me; how did my funeral go? Did you cry? Did you say how sorry you were?' there was no funeral. I would have heard of it, i thought. 'Well. It's too late for that. I'm already dead. Now where to begin... I was always told to begin at the beginning so I will. I was born the daughter of... You know what. Let's go further back.
Before I was born, a girl about seventeen decided to run away from her home. She joined up with some people which led her to join up with a church. The church was, in fact, a cult wanting to raise up Scath and bring him to the Earth. Scath was in need of a portal so the leaders decided to sacrifice a virgin girl to create a vessel for Scath's return. Scath took her and raped her. This girl's name was Arella Roth. When she found herself pregnant with the devil's child she tried many times to kill it or herself. Unfortunately, Scath had put a spell on her so she would not succeed. Then someone came to help. A group from a dimension called Azerath, had been sent to protect the child and mother. They wanted to raise the child for Arella. The teenager agreed to leave Earth if only they would take the child and never let her see it again. So the child was born and the temple on Azerath shook with a mighty rush of power. The child was then raised without a mother to watch over it. Without love because she was set apart. The child was supposed to bring Scath to Earth's dimension. Her mother watched from windows or a balcony while her child was outside training. That's all the young kid did was train in hopes that she could restrict her powers enough that Scath couldn't use her. But it proved fruitless in the end. Arella never once showed the child she was loved. Only that she reminded her of the Deamon. The child was me. Arella only started to talk to me just before I left Azerath. Only then did she realize it wasn't my fault. But it was too late. The damage was done.
Now, before I get ahead of myself, I must explain the rules. You, the lucky listener, must listen to all the parts in order. Then you must pass them on to the next person on the list. If you want you can stop once you know who is after you. The last one on the list can listen and then take the damn iPod to hell with you where I'll be waiting. If you don't do as I request, you will find the keeper of the second set has posted it on YouTube and sent it to news reporters. That's all.'
I sat and listened to the empty silence coming through the headphones. I wondered who the other keeper was. I looked out of my apartment window to see a perfect view of Titans Tower. Why Raven? Why did you have to go? To die? Then I heard from the still playing device, softly that you could barely hear it. A number one.