Raven, Robin, and Senras III: Sovina's Storm, Chapter 3
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Sovina gazed at the moon through closed eyes in deep meditation. She longed to be on the battlefield with her father, slitting the throat of that rat Nisus would end the war and she could rule. Then she sensed something come up onto the roof and she ceased meditating and turned to the source. Raven walked over and stood beside Sovina, and they both turned to look at the moon. "How are you dear?" Raven asked, trying to sound like a typical mother. "How do you think I'm doing? I am the daughter and heir of Senras, denied to clash in battle beside my own father, confined to this giant letter," Sovina replied. "You'll be able to see him soon enough, trust me," Raven assured her. "Soon is too far away, I want to fight now!" Sovina replied. Suddenly something caused the whole world to shake, Raven and Sovina turned to look at the moon, which had exploded, sending huge asteroids falling to Earth. "What the-?" Sovina started to ask, but her question was answered, in the sky around the moon was two fleets of ships, one belonged to Nisus, and the other was her father's.
Raven and Sovina were joined by the other Titans. "What happened?" Robin asked. "The moon exploded as my father was fighting Nisus in space," Sovina said calmly. "So much for those lunar eclipses then," Beast Boy said. "What are you babbling about?" Sovina asked. "Nothing," he replied, annoyed. "How did they destroy the moon?" Terra asked, while she was using her powers to move some of the asteroids from hitting the city. "I don't know, and I don't care, all I want to know is why they are fighting here!" Cyborg said as he heaved a large chunk of the moon's debris off of the roof into the water. "I shall ask them," Starfire said and flew off towards the warzone in space. Robin tried calling Senras on his communicator, he didn't get an answer. Sovina ran inside and came out moments later with her sword. "And where do you think you're going?" Raven asked, blocking Sovina's path. "To help, I have learned my final form, and that was my father's one condition to me fighting. Now if you will all excuse me," Sovina said, and started to fly off, but Raven pulled her back down. "Let her go Raven," Beast Boy said. "Yeah, what the talking monkey said!" Sovina yelled, trying to wrench herself free.
"You are not going without me," Raven replied to Sovina's surprise. Sovina landed and waited as her mother went back in and got her own sword, emerging seconds later. "Raven, can I talk to you?" Robin asked. 'Sure, one more minute Sovina," Raven replied. He and Raven walked out of earshot, "What is it?" she asked. "Are you sure this is a good idea? She doesn't know how to completely control her powers, who knows what could happen to her and I…I don't want you to get hurt either," Robin said. "She'll be fine, besides, Senras will be there to assist her. And I'll do my best not to get hurt," she said, giving him a good-bye kiss. "See you soon," Raven said, and flew off with Sovina. Robin watched them go, and then looked over at Beast Boy who was still staring after Sovina with a weird smile on his face. Beast Boy noticed and quickly changed his expression.
Senras turned to the skeleton generals seated before him, "The moon is out of our way, I expect this battle to be over quickly and not advance to Earth at all, is that clear?" The generals nodded and walked out to the control room to continue the war. Senras looked at Servana, who was sitting cross legged in an executive chair in the same dress she usually wore back with him on Avalov. Her smile relaxed him a little and she didn't have to do much to get his attention. "Good display of strategic planning," Servana said sarcastically.
Senras laughed, "they are already trained to know that, I do not need to plan it, they just execute what the situation calls for…and speaking of calls…" he picked up his Titans communicator and called Raven, she answered immediately, "You blew up the moon…" she started, but Sovina jumped on the line, "Father, we are ready to fight!" Senras smiled, "Now that sounds more like my daughter, come aboard and we'll talk more, by the way…I have a green eyed alien girl in my holding cell does it belong to you Raven?" Senras asked. "Let Starfire go!" Raven replied. "Oh, very well… see you soon," Senras said, and hung up. Servana let Starfire out the door and let Raven and Sovina in. "Raven," Servana said, nodding in greetings. "Servana," Raven said, doing the same. Sovina ran from the door to Senras and hugged him.
"Did you learn your third form?" he asked Sovina. "Yes, and I am a giant snake," she replied. "You take after your grandmother then, if only she were around to see you," he said. "Okay, enough small talk, let's get out there and kick some ass!" Sovina said, starting to walk back to the door. "Hold on, we must allow the skeleton generals to finish their strategy before we go and attack Nisus's flagship," Servana said, pulling Sovina back from the door.
The generals' strategy was taking longer than anticipated, so Senras and the others left the ship to go back and check on the other Titans, Sovina was sleepy and decided to go to her room and sleep. Beast Boy was going over his feelings for Sovina in his head, "You don't love her!" he kept saying over and over, "That would mean that you like Raven's looks," Beast boy shivered at the thought. "Busy?" Robin poked his head in Beast Boy's room. "I just want to be alone for a little bit," he said. "Are you sure? We were going to go out tonight," Robin asked. "You guys go ahead," Beast Boy replied. "Okay, we'll go, but Sovina is too tired to go with us so she'll be in her room, maybe you two can watch tv or something," Robin suggested. "Whatever," he replied. Robin left, concerned about the change-ling's feelings for Sovina, Senras would never let her be with him, 'the throne of Avalov has rules' Senras had said, and Sovina dating Beast Boy broke several.
Sovina lay in bed, half-asleep when something in her room suddenly stirred; she sat up with the bed sheets pulled to her chest. She glanced around looking for something to further cover her body, but decided to use the rest of the bed sheets and got up to turn on the lights. As soon as she flipped the switch, she knew what it was, "You know, it's not very gentlemanly to enter a girl's room without her permission, particularly a sorceress's…I know you've been watching me, see anything you like?" Beast Boy changed from a fly back to normal and approached the princess. "I have been…having these uh, thoughts," he said, not fully sure that he wanted to tell her. "Oh? Do tell…" she pressed, crossing her arms. "Sovina, I know we aren't exactly…no, we aren't at all, friends as we insult each other every day," Beast Boy said, continuing his painful message.
"And?" Sovina asked, pressing for more. "And…I would like to get to know you better; I wonder if we could…uh-, "Beast Boy started. "Date? Are you stupid? I cannot, not just because I don't want to- and I really don't want to- It's because we are not meant to be, I am heiress to a throne, destined for royalty in the hands of my father, he knows who it is that I am to wed, and he said that this marriage would fulfill his heart's most fondest wish, so no, I will not go out with you," she finished, and walked back over to her bed. Beast Boy felt his anger get the best of him and he pounced on her, knocking her onto the bed. "Get off me…you little-," Sovina warned. He pinned her down so she couldn't hit him with her feet or arms. Their eyes met, "Get…off…or face the full power of my spells…" she started. "What spells would those be? Would any include disrobing?" Beast Boy asked, an evil smile on his face. "You want me?" Sovina asked, letting her voice go soft and loving. "Yeah," he replied. She started to move as if to do what he had requested, but then she kicked him aside, grabbed her sword, and tied the bed sheets to her body. Beast Boy struggled to get up, but she kicked him back down, "You like rough? How's this?!" Sovina asked, using her dark energy to fling him out into the hallway.
Then Sovina lunged with her blade at Beast Boy in the hallway, which he leapt out of the way as a cheetah and got around behind her. She swung, but he had changed into a gorilla and he flung the blade aside, ripping the tied bed sheets causing them to fall to the floor and she was knocked out from the force of her own blade. Beast Boy changed to normal and stared at the motionless, slender, naked princess sprawled on the floor. Suddenly the door from the living room opened to reveal the others, back from dinner. "What the hell happened?" Senras demanded. "We…uh we, were uh, just talking and uh…" Beast Boy started. Raven ran over and covered Sovina in a black cloak from Sovina's room. Senras walked over and looked into Sovina's face, which slowly began to twitch as she came to. "What happened?" Senras asked. "He… tried to rape me… after I had rejected his invitation to go on a date…" Sovina managed to say. "Beast Boy?! Is this true?" Starfire asked. Terra just stood by, feeling hurt that Beast Boy wanted Sovina more than her. Cyborg was yelling something; it was hard to make out because it was so loud and fast. Robin looked at Raven, then at Sovina, then at Beast Boy.
"You have a lot explaining to do," was all he could think to say to punish him. "That's not good enough! Don't be so soft! He tried to violate my daughter, and the amount of pain must be severe for such an act!" Senras yelled, picking Beast Boy up with his powers. "Drop him!" Robin warned. Senras released Beast Boy, who fell to the floor. Beast Boy looked at Sovina, her face showed anger, sadness, rage, confusion, and a dazed scowl and then she fell back into unconsciousness. "I am taking her home, this was a mistake to place her here," Senras replied, taking Sovina in his arms. "But, isn't Avalov a battle field by now?" Cyborg asked. "She'll be safer in my home deep underground with me, I see now that the battle for Avalov is no longer my greatest concern-my daughter comes first," he replied, walking up to the roof with Sovina. Raven met him at the landing, "She's my daughter too, I should have a say in this," Raven said.
"Come with us," Senras replied. "I can't just leave the others, they need my help, no one can heal as well as I can," she said. "Then you must make a choice, them, or us," he replied. Raven nodded and turned to the others who were now gathering around them, "I will be leaving with Senras and Sovina, is that okay with you?" Robin spoke first, "But, I'll miss you, you can't just go into a bunker and believe that you're safe, you'll be safer here." "If Beast Boy is going to be ravaging Sovina, she needs to be moved to a better environment…and besides, we'll see each other on a regular basis, it's not like I'm staying there forever," Raven said. "C'mon, give me another chance, I promise I won't hurt her," Beast Boy begged, falling in front of Senras. "You don't expect me to believe that, do you?" Senras said, looking down at the green boy. "I do, believe me, the last thing I want is to hurt her, I'm sorry," Beast Boy said. "Oh, very well, one more chance…you're lucky that you are one of Raven's friends or you'd be dead by now," Senras threatened, carrying Sovina back into her room.
"Terra, it didn't mean anything, I like you better than her," Beast Boy said, trying to convince Terra to talk to him. "It didn't mean anything?! You tried to rape her! Jeez Beast Boy! Do you think I'm stupid?" Terra yelled at him. "I'll admit that I had…a feeling or something for her, but it-," he started, but Terra cut in. "It's more than a feeling, more than you've ever felt for me!" Terra said, dashing off down the hall to her room, leaving Beast Boy alone in the dark.
At least, he thought he was alone…He looked up and down the hall, feeling someone's eyes on him. "Afraid of things that go bump in the night? Aha ha hah ahah ha ha!" someone called to him. "Sovina?" Beast Boy asked. Another set of evil laughter came in response. "I-I'm sorry, don't do anything that you might regret- please?" Beast Boy begged. More evil laughing came again. "Please! I'll tell the others! They'll get you!" he said. Then two huge red eyes loomed out from the blackness down the hall at him, he heard the scraping along the wall of the snake's body, and he looked at the head, now just meters from his. "Don't hurt me…" was all that came out of his throat. "It's too late for apologies, scum! I intend to break you in two with my fangs, and then swallow you whole!" Sovina hissed. Robin jumped out from behind Beast Boy, "Sovina! Stand down!" Sovina instantly changed back to normal and hugged Robin.
"What-?" Robin started to ask in surprise. He couldn't help putting his arm around her; she had every feature of Raven. "I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me, I was just lying in bed and then I started to get angry at Beast Boy and it changed me into that, please don't tell my father that I can't control my powers!" she said into Robin's shoulder. "Hey, it's okay now," he said, trying to calm her. "Robin…I have…something that I want to tell you…in private," Sovina said. Beast Boy left them in the hall and went to find Terra. Once they were sure they were alone, Sovina gave him a fast kiss on the lips. "Sovina, why did you do that? You know that I am dating your mother," he said. "I know, you see…uh, okay- my father wants my mother more than anything, so the only way to get her would be to get you out of the way somehow…It's you that he wants me to marry…" she explained. There was an awkward silence that lasted for a long time before Robin spoke, "Well, that's…I mean I'm…it's uh…you're…I don't know." "It's why I look so much like Raven that my father planned this, he figures that I am her clone and you should be happy with me…in truth, I am exactly like my mother in every way…so what do you say?" Sovina asked, letting Robin hold her.
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