Siscokid: Man I'm sorry about the wait. The truth is I really just hated this chapter. It took major editing and revising but I'm done now. Did I already say sorry because I really am. If I knew where all you guys lived I would send you brownies and a carton of milk or a carton ice cream. Hm..does it strict anyone else as weird how both of those things are called cartons but they look nothing alike.
Disclaimer: I own nothing worth while.
Heavyarms woke up in his room, yes his room not lab. Since he is now mostly human besides for the exception of his arms , he had to lay in a actual bed.
"Arghh!" he yawned as he got up and walked sluggishly to his closet to get his super hero attire. Which was really just a pair of tight black jeans, a sleeveless black shirt and some silver rocket boots.
After getting dressed Heavyarms exited his room right into his lab. He sat down at his computer to check the towers security to check for intruders but there were none as usual.
He of course neglected to notice a sixth presence in the tower inhabiting the room of the Raven.
"Man I'm hungry. Guess I forgot to get a snack last night after leaving Ravens room." Heavyarms told himself as he made his way for the main room.
'Man I'm even starting to forget to eat when I go to her room. This has to be unhealthy. Yet it's the only thing that soothes me.' Heavyarms thought as he entered the main room.
"Finally awake I see. We have all been waiting for you." Nightwing said once he spotted him.
"I wasn't aware we had a meeting." Heavyarms retorted looking from Starfire, Terra to Beasty in curiosity.
"Well I sort made this meeting in short notice after Raven returned last night." Nightwing replied watching for his teams reactions.
Heavyarms, Starfire, and Terra reacted at the same time. Eyes wide, mouth hanging wide open.
"Hell, you could of scheduled it for twelve or something….Wait a minute what did you just say?" Beasty asked his green eyes wide opened.
"What I meant to say is we are a whole again as or second member Raven has finally returned." Nightwing announced with pride in his voice.
Starfire jumped over the table and tackled Nightwing to the ground "Oh glorious! I shall shower her in many kisses and hugs."
Beasty patted Terra on the shoulder. "Don't worry Terra we all forgave you. Even Raven." Beasty consoled her.
Heavyarms just sat at his chair with no react what so ever. He didn't know what to feel. Joy, shock, anger and doubt swarmed through his mind. Frustrated Heavyarms set up and walked in the direction of the kitchen.
Only Nightwing notice's his departure.
Raven woke up with no worries in the world for the second day in her life. Her father and his army had been defeated and Azarath and earth were now safe from certain destruction.
Sitting up Raven rubbed her eyes. "I can truly get used to this." She mumbled tossing her sheets off and levitating out of bed. Her stomach growled right on cue as her feet hit the ground.
"Guess I'm pretty hungry. Maybe I should have stayed for the celebration dinner." Raven told herself as she made way for her door. But stopped just short of it.
'Wait everyone is there in the main room. How exactly do I just waltz in there as if I haven't been gone for the last three years.'
She stood there actually a bit nervous.
'Well I got to get this out of the way eventually and I'm sure Nightwings has told everyone already.'
With that at mind Raven teleported a few floors down to the hallway that led to the main room.
In four seconds flat she was tackled to the ground by a reddish orange blur that Raven identified as Starfire when her vision was fixed again.
Now Raven has been hugged by Starfire many of times but three years without one left her with no preparations.
"Oh Raven!" Starfire got out before breaking down on her shoulder.
Raven would of hugged her back if her arms were not bound to her side.
"I knew I should of slept in today." Raven joked making Starfire cry in laughter and joy.
"Star let her go before you kill her. She just got back!" The boastful voice of Beasty said. He stood rubbing his proud green chin hairs.
"Sorry." Starfire meekly said as she helped Raven off the floor. Raven got a better look at Beasty she couldn't help but notice he now had a gigantic curly green afro. His super hero costumed had not changed but he had got taller.
"Do you like?" Beasty asked as he patted his afro with a smile the size of his face.
"Go ahead and lie, that's what I always do." Said a voice Raven had not heard in a long time and considering she had been gone three years that meant something.
Raven looked behind Beasty to see Terra standing at the same height as herself with a smile on her face that vanished after Raven just stared at her.
"Look I'm really sorry but everyone makes mistakes don't they?" Terra asked nervous.
Raven smiled gently and answered "You and me both. But you had proved yourself a Titan a long ago."
"Why thank you Raven." Terra said as her and Beasty hugged Raven.
"Hey you still haven't answered my question." Beasty said and they all erupted in laughter.
"So you avoided meeting Raven and instead went to make breakfast. Hmm. I don't know but something doesn't add up here. What's up Heavy?" Nightwing asked as he leaned against a counter opposite of Heavyarms.
When the only answer Nightwing got was the sizzling of bacon he went on.
"Seriously! You can't still be mad at her for abandoning us. Everybody has their secrets and there's no reason why she has to tell us why she left and I don't want you bothering her about it." Nightwing concluded.
When yet again the sound of sizzling meats substituted for Heavyarms Nightwing asked.
"Are you mad at her Heavy."
At this Heavyarms sighed as he finished off the eggs.
"No I'm not mad at her, never was actually. The only thing I was ever mad at was her not being here for us….for me." Heavyarms answered, quite melancholy.
"Then why avoid her if you hate not being with her." Nightwing asked.
"Plain and simply it seems everything I get attached to goes away. First my mother, then Sarasim and finally Raven." Heavyarms said.
"But Raven came back." Nightwing told him.
"I know." Heavyarms answered.
"Then why avoid her." Nightwing asked exasperatedly.
"If we were to get close again I fear she will disappear again. I'm fine with just having her here." Heavyarms stated while pointing to his heart.
"Dude that was so gay." Nightwing said.
"Shut up!"
"Nah I'm just playing, I understand what you mean man." Nightwing said. They both took the food from the kitchen to the dinning room in silence.
"Man I think I'll eat in my room today."
"Why. Are you not strong enough to distance yourself yet or something." Nightwing asked.
"No, its not that. Its just I'm really starting to think God or some mighty force doesn't want me to be happy. I mean I would of stayed Cyborg any day if it would of helped save my mother instead. I'm really just starting to get fed up with it all and pissed off." Heavyarms replied angrily before exiting the room with a plate in hand.
"It seems Heavy's in a bad mood. Man nine months with out him in a bad mood. That must have been a record." Nightwing said to himself.
Almost immediately Raven noticed Heavyarms absence.
"Where's Cyborg?" Raven asked.
"Yeah where is the dude? He cooks breakfast and doesn't stay to eat it." Beasty added as they all found a seat.
Nightwing looked up from the plate he was preparing.
"It's Heavyarms Raven and he's eating in his lab so he can fix up his cannon so it doesn't fry your green ass again." Nightwing explained.
"Oh that's cool then." Beasty said with a blush creeping up his face.
Ravens face showed more than disappointment at not being able to see her best friend.
"Don't worry you guys can make out after breakfast." Terra assured her with an evil smile.
Ravens eyes blazed with flames then cooled down again. "Yes I think I'll do just that." Raven said wiping the smile off Terra's and causing Beasty to fall out of his chair in laughter.
"Ack!" Nightwing choked on his food and took a second to swallow it. By the time he was ready to talk he had every bodies attention.
"Uh Raven you might not want to do that." Nightwing warned her not wanting her to bump into Heavyarms while he was in a bad mood.
"But Nightwing why, shouldn't Raven go talk to Heavyarms?" Starfire questioned confused.
Everyone was looking at him for the answer. Especially Raven.
Nightwing slowly munched on some toast. Thinking up a story at a speed only he could.
"Well Heavy is working on his arm as I have already told you all you and you all know how seriously Heavy takes fixing stuff especially since he hurt Beasty with it, he's really taking it seriously." Nightwing explained feeling like he had accomplished something.
In all truth he had really only rouse everyone's suspicion.
'Something's not right here. Why doesn't Cyborg want to see me, last night it seemed he couldn't wait for my return so why is he avoiding me now. He only avoids things he's unsure of but then again he has probably changed a lot in the time of my absence.' Raven thought to herself.
Seeing that his story was a complete flop, Robin had to think fast. 'Man I didn't even fool Beasty.' Robin thought glancing over at him as he rubbed his chin hair while raising at eyebrow back at Nightwing.
'Oh no not Star too. No, no not that look. Please stop giving me the look! Its going to kill me.'
"TRAINING!" Nightwing basically yelled.
Everyone looked at their leader as if he had finally lost it.
"We have to test and see how much Raven has learned or forgotten about battle tactics." Nightwing explained then sighed heavily as everybody moaned. "Well everyone but Terra, she helped out Heavy yesterday."
"HAHA!" Terra laughed and pointed at everyone but was cut short when Raven levitated a bowl of grits and sent it flying into Terra's face. The room went silent.
Then Beasty grabbed a hand full of scrambled eggs, hopped on top of his chair then at the top of his lungs hollered. "FOOOODFIIIIGHT!"
He threw one hand full of scrambled eggs at Nightwing then the next at Starfire.
While Robin acrobatically hopped out of his chair and dodged the speeding food projectile, Starfire sat confused and only said "What?" before being doused with scrambled eggs.
"Why do we fight?" Starfire asked before Raven took her hand and guided her behind a counter. Then Raven sat down the food she had levitated over.
"Its not a real fight Star, its just for fun okay." Raven explained as she peaked over the counter to see the teams had been formed. It seemed Terra and Beasty had joined powers and were double teaming the solo act Nightwing, who was acrobatically twisting and swirling all around actually gaining the upper hand.
"UH!" Beasty yelped with an afro full of ketchup.
"Its on now. Once you've hit the fro, you've got to go." Beasty said as he turned into a small but fast monkey, flinging breakfast foods at a speed Nightwing could barely dodge.
Raven ducked back down. "Now this is where we come in."
"Okay." Starfire nodded as she took up arms ready to fight.
"On the count of three lets help out your little Nightwing." Raven said gaining a blush out of her friend.
Raven counted with her fingers up to three then levitated some food up, got out of cover and started fighting, helping out Nightwing and giving him enough time to retreat to cover behind the counter.
"Thanks." he huffed, pretty tired. Then added "Never mess with a green mans fro."
Raven smiled then turned to Starfire who still hadn't helped at all.
"Uh Star….why didn't you do anything?" Raven asked then launched some sausage over the counter. A girly scream signified it had hit Beasty.
"You never counted to three." Starfire replied innocently.
"Oh, well you can also count with your fingers." Raven informed her. Robin chuckled lightly beside them.
"Well, are we ready?" Nightwing asked. The two females nodded and they launched their attack.
In the mist of battle, or one minute later. Raven got an idea and instead of attacking she summoned her powers to move the table Beasty and Terra were using as cover.
The two of them resembled deer's in headlights.
"Hold me." Beasty mumbled as he grasped Terra into a tight embrace.
"Man I smell as if I was thrown into a meat cologne tester." Beasty whined. Him and Terra both left with mask of shame glued to their faces.
"That was a brilliant idea." Nightwing told Raven as he picked up dishes and put them in the sink to be washed.
'If only he knew when I learned to start doing that.' Raven thought bitterly. "We were using our powers and abilities only I used mine to interfere with the battlefield in our favor." Raven explain in her usual monotone.
Starfire stopped her cleaning effort to emotionally announce "No it was a strategy. A great strategy equal to the most successful generals on my planet."
A small blush crept up Ravens face.
'Nothing has changed at all. Did my absence affect them at all. I'm glad their doing good but was I that unimportant.' A slice of bread to the face knocked Raven out of her concentration.
"There no room for slackers in my army." Nightwing said with a smile.
To his surprise Raven Smiled back.
"Finally found them. Maybe I should clean this closet more often." Heavyarms said to himself with a box of dusty tapes in his hand. He stepped back into his room and dumped the tapes on his bed.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhh!"
Heavyarms looked up just in time to see the blur of a blue and black figure fly by his window.
"And I thought it would be Terra or Beasty to tick her off first." Heavyarms said with a shrug then began searching through the tapes.
"UH friend Raven will Nightwing be alright?" Starfire asked nervously.
"Sure." Raven answered shortly.
"But you took his belt and Nightwing can't fly like you and I." Starfire pointed out, still worried.
"Trust me Star, that's just going to be one heck of a belly flop." Raven stated
Siscokid: Concerning Beast boy and the Afro. I sort a felt sorry that in the future he would have a big old bald spot so I gave him a full head of hair. Oh and also since I changed around this chapter and basically the way the story was originally going, I got to do some revising of the next few chapters. Later!