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"That it should come to this!"
She floated in a haze of blackness, not knowing (or caring) where it began or ended. She alone existed within this world and she was at peace. There was nothing around her; no shapes or ground, not even the passage of time could be felt. The only thing that could be seen was the darkness. She wasn't sure when she became aware of it, but at random, pinpricks of pure light would cut through the oblivion, forcing the emptiness back and creating something that looked like a star.
With each passing moment the flashes became more frequent, brighter, and sharper. Like ripples spread on a pond, the pale radiance of the light spread throughout her vision and soon the emptiness was no longer immaterial, but as a smoke like fog. Wisps of this ether and silver spun around her like a top, ever so gently moving her hair. Yet the light continued to pore in, the mist soon gave way and she was completely bathed in the light. Soon after, muffled sounds could be heard and like the light, it grew more pronounced and clearer. It sounded like banging at first, almost like a beating drum, but it soon became monstrous explosions. These grew too loud to bear, and with the loudest explosion yet she was thrown back into consciousness.
Raven woke with the sensation of falling, startling her slightly. Sitting up, she heard the peal of lighting along with the sound of heavy rains. It took her a moment, but after realizing where she was, she calmed down a little more. Ahead of her stood the huge glass paneling of the common room being completely washed by torrential rain. More lightning illuminated the room while the thunder made it shake. The storm was obviously very close.
"Well, that was an interesting way to wake up," she thought sarcastically while stretching, "never had lightning as an alarm clock before."
Standing behind the glass she looked out at the storm and the city being pummelled by it. Through the rain she could still see the office towers in the downtown core, their lights casting a yellow glow onto the swelling bay.
"Doesn't this planet ever sleep?" She sighed.
The sound of the door whooshing open distracted her from the storm. Obviously she wasn't the only one whose night was cut short by the storm. Cyborg, Robin and Starfire all walked in together and turned on the light.
"Apparently not." She said under her breath.
"Hey Raven," the metal man asked with a yawn, "What' ya doing up this early. It's almost 3 am."
"I could ask the same of you guys. I couldn't sleep because of the noise outside. How about you three, why are you up?"
"This storm is most frightening. On my planet such powerful lights and sounds normally meant war was upon us." Starfire quivered behind Robin. "I went to find Robin to warn him of an attack."
"Thankfully she found me before she got too upset." Robin explained after sitting down in the kitchen area. "Come on Star I'll make you some mustard pancakes if you calm down."
Starfire jumped when another lightning strike lit up the room.
"Yes please." She timidly answered.
"What about you Cyborg? I thought the only things which interrupt your recharge time are your stomach or the alarm. Don't tell me you're afraid of a little lightning." Raven half-joked.
"Ha-ha very funny, you know I think the little grass stain's rubbing off on you and if you haven't noticed, recharging during an electrical storm is not such the best thing for me. I'm 90 metal, what do ya think would happen if the tower got hit?"
"I see you point, but if you ever say that Beast-Boy is rubbing off on me again you'll be outside with a lighting rod glued to your hand." She said with hands placed firmly on her hips.
"Please Cyborg, what do you mean by Beast-Boy is rubbing on Raven," asked Starfire naively, "Does he wish to do to harm her?"
Robin and Cyborg bit their tongues to stop from snickering and Raven, as expected, grew red around the cheeks from both embarrassment and anger.
"Star, rubbing off on someone is a term which means that one person's personality is being imposed onto another. It doesn't actually mean that Beast-Boy is rubbing off on Raven." Robin explained while cooking the pancakes.
"Besides," Cyborg interrupted, "if B.B was rubbing Raven in any way I doubt that it would be to hurt her."
The comment sent both boys rolling with laughter, leaving a very confused Starfire waiting for her breakfast and a highly enraged Raven by the windows, which were shaking mildly.
Raven at this point was very angry to say the least. She knew that the boys were just being their usual, annoying selves, but she couldn't help herself from getting a little revenge.
Unnoticed by the two on the floor, the batter mix for the pancakes as well as a bag of flower, had a black aura around it and was heading straight for them. With a slight nod from her head, the liquid poured all over the two jokers followed by the flower, coating them from head to tow and making them look like chickens without any feathers. Pulling her hood up, she watched in amusement as the two were slipping and squirming on the floor.
"Aw man! This stuff is going to take me a week to get out of my circuits."
"That's what you get when you make fun at 3 am." Raven spoke triumphantly while sitting back down to read her book.
"What, drawn, and talk of peace! I hate the word,
As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee:
Have at thee, coward!"
"Great now I need to take another shower!" Robin said annoyed.
"Unfortunately you can't, if you take a shower during this storm and lightning strikes the waterline, well…, let's just say you'll be the worlds largest pancake boy. So you and Cyborg have to wait until the storm passes." Raven spoke almost proudly.
"Didn't the man of weather say that this storm would last for 3 more days?" Starfire asked curiously.
Both boys hit their heads in realization and fell back into the batter again. They'd be stuck like this for 3 days and there was virtually nothing they could do. Once they found their way out of the cesspool, they started grumbling angrily as they cleaned up the mess with mop and bucket in hand and with nothing better to do after they finished, Robin went back to working on Starfire's breakfast while Cyborg sat down to play a game of Mega Monkey's 6 on the game station. Before either of them got any far into their tasks, Beast-Boy decided to walk in.
Beast-Boy looked like a zombie from one of his movie films. Obviously he hadn't gotten any sleep either. It took him a moment to understand what he was seening, but his mood and smile grew 10 sizes that day and before he could even ask what happened the poor changeling was heaving over with laughter.
"Wh...What happened to you guys," he spoke between gasps of breath, "You look like my tofu when I leave it out for a week!"
Starfire tried to explain what happened, but between the metaphore and Raven pouring the batter she ended up getting Beast-Boy more confused then when he walked in.
"You know, maybe it's better if I didn't know why it happened, but who did this to you guys?" Robin and Cyborg, with their pride and dignity lost, simply pointed to Raven.
"Raven, you did this?" She was still reading her book, but you could tell by the movement of her hood that she nodded. " Oh Man! Raven you're an evil genius! Do you have any idea how long I've been trying to put those two in slime? I'm honestly jealous." He said happily.
"Ok let's see your handiwork! Thorough coating, even texture," Beast-Boy walked over to Cyborg, who was still playing the game, and wiped his finger on his shoulder and stuck it in his mouth, "taste could leave something to be desired. I'd give it an 8.5 out' a 10, not bad for your first time. Ya' know if I didn't know any better, I'd say that all the time that I've spent trying to prank you've actually been paying attention."
"Keep dreaming Beast-Boy, you know as much as I do that I hate your jokes."
"That might be true, but that's not what I said. You were learning from my pranks and jokes long enough for you to pull a prank that even I couldn't do and as I said earlier I am completely impressed."
"Well that makes me all warm and fuzzy on the inside," she said with sarcasm, "but what makes you thing that I planned to pull a prank?"
"You mean to tell me that the idea to smother two superheroes in dough just came off the top of your purple head."
"Simply put, yes."
"Wow, my talent must have really rubbed off on you!" Beast-Boy said while sticking his head in the fridge, most likely looking for something to snack on.
At this point Robin and Cyborg were practically soiling their pants with laughter. Raven's eyes shot up from the page.
"All right fine, you made me come to this!" She whispered harshly.
She muttered her mantra under her breath and within the second both titans were gone. Raven made good on her promise. A portal opened up beneath Cyborg and Robin and like she said earlier, they both found themselves locked out on the roof of the tower being tossed around like rag dolls by the extreme wind.
When Beast-Boy removed his head from the fridge, Cyborg and Robin were no longer in the room and Starfire had a worried look on her face.
"Was it something I said?" he asked scratching his head.