Disclaimer: I don't on Teen Titans, is that what you wanted to hear? Well you did, so sop badgering me! Breaks down in tears
A/N: Ok, I really don't like the way I ended the last chapter, but I can't really change that, well I could, but I'm much too much lazy to do that, so it's decided, the last chapter remains as is.
Chapter Three
"I don't want her staying here," Robin said walking out of the evidence room, Cyborg following him close behind.
"Come on man," Cyborg pleaded, "You can't just let her live in some old warehouse. She could get hurt."
"I don't care," he said as they both walked into the main room, and sat down at the computer, "She doesn't want our help anyway, remember?"
"Well maybe if she didn't hear you calling her a spy, she would take our help," Cyborg walked around the chair Robin was sitting in to face him.
"Which we aren't offering," Robin pointed out.
"Maybe you're not," Cyborg said, "But the rest of us want to help this girl."
"Raven doesn't," he corrected, "and she's usually right about these things. If she doesn't trust this girl, then there's probably something up with her."
"Maybe Raven's wrong," Cyborg offered, "No one can always be right."
"Well she usually is, and what makes you think she's wrong about this?" he questioned, looking at Cyborg square in the eye.
"I don't know, maybe she's picking up some bad vibes from you!" Cyborg said, getting louder, "This girl could be in real danger because she can't fight, and you want to be responsible for that?"
"No," Robin said simply, "But we helped her as much as we could, can't you just leave it at that?"
"No, because we could do so much more to help her," Cyborg pointed out, "We're the Teen Titans, aren't we supposed to help people?"
"Yes, but only if they'll take it," Robin said, "She doesn't want our help, so just leave her alone."
"She may not want it, but I know she needs it, whether she knows it or not," Cyborg said.
"A little help here," they both heard from behind them. They turned around to see Beast Boy supporting Laura, who had passed out once again. Cyborg rushed over to help him out.
"What happened?" Cyborg asked, holding the limp girl up.
"Well when I went to talk to her she was already unconscious," Beast Boy explained, "After she woke up, I convinced her to at least let Cyborg make sure she's ok. She passed out again on the way here."
"Well we had better get her back to the infirmary, her concussion must have been worse than we thought," Cyborg said ignoring Robin's complaints behind him. After they got there, and had put Laura in a bed, Cyborg finally listened to what Robin was saying.
"I told you I don't want her staying here," he said.
"Relax, it's only until she wakes up," Cyborg told him, hooking tubes up to Laura like he had last time.
"That's what you told me last time," Robin said, "And here she is again."
"Well obviously she wasn't..." Cyborg stopped in the middle of his sentence.
"What is it?" Robin asked him walking up behind him. When he looked at Laura's lower back his jaw dropped. "Go get Raven, Beast Boy," he said simply.
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"So why does she have it on her back?" Robin asked as Raven stared at her back in amazement.
"She must be a member of the Order of Scath," she said simply regaining her composure.
"I knew something was weird about her," Robin said.
"She must have recognized you friend Raven," Starfire added.
"I bet that's why she didn't want to stay here," Beast Boy said.
"I doubt so," Raven told them, "She may know who I am, but she wouldn't have been scared of me."
"Well once she wakes up she can leave," Cyborg said, stopping as he saw the girl move. Moments later they watched her wake up.
"Well isn't this all familiar," she commented as she saw the Titans gathered around her, "You guys sure seem like a happy bunch today," she smiled sarcastically.
"We know you're secret," Cyborg said seriously, crossing his arms.
"Oh dear, not my secret, anything but my secret!" Laura screamed sarcastically.
"Stop it," Robin yelled, "We know you're a member of the Order of Scath."
"The order of who?" she asked getting serious.
"Don't play dumb," Raven ordered heatedly, "We saw the mark on your back." But the minute Raven had mentioned the mark on her back, she had stopped listening.
"You know what that is?" she asked in awe, interrupting what Raven was saying.
"Of course we do," Beast Boy said.
"And I'm going to ask you one more time," Robin demanded, "Who... are...you?" He said it slowly, demanding an answer from her. Laura rolled her eyes at him before she answered.
"If it will shut you up," she started, "My name is Laura, that's all you need to know, that's all you're going to know." Her attention then turned back to Raven, "If you know what the mark on my back is, then maybe you know what this is," she hesitated before pulling out her mother's ring that sat on the chain. All of the Titans eyes slightly widened at the sight of the ring.
"How did you get a ring of Azare?" Raven asked looking at the ring the girl had pulled out in her hands.
"So you know what this is too," she took back the ring, "Maybe you'll know why my mother owned it."
"I don't know," Raven stated truthfully, "She must have been a member of the order."
"Of Scath?" Laura asked, confused.
"No, Azare," Raven corrected.
"This is so confusing," Laura put her hand to her head.
"Raven, I need to talk to you," Robin said, as he and Raven left the room. When they were outside of the room Robin started questioning her.
"Why does she have the Mark of Scath on her back?" he asked.
"I'm not sure," Raven said, "If she really doesn't know what it is, here's no way she chose to be a member of the Order."
"So..." Robin pressed for her to go on.
"Usually you don't become a member unless you chose to," Raven stopped for a second, "Unless, one of her parent's was a member. Then they could have made her a member themselves."
"So she might not have wanted to be a member," Robin concluded.
"Right," Raven said, "But what throws me off, is why she has a Ring of Azare."
"She said that it belongs to her mother," Robin reminded her.
"So it must be her father that was a member of the Order of Scath," Raven said, "In any case, I need that ring from her. Even if she doesn't know it, someone who belongs to the Order of Scath can do serious damage with a Ring of Azare. She may not even realize she's doing it."
"Then we need to gain her trust," he said, "She'll have to stay here."
"But she doesn't want to stay here," Raven pointed out.
"But I feel she'll change her mind now that she knows you know everything about these strange thing in her life," Robin told her, "She'll want you to tell her more about these things."
"I'm not sure that's exactly safe," Raven said, "I can't just pour out all of the secrets of both of the Order's if she doesn't know anything about them."
"You're right," Robin said, "I'm sure whatever she's going to do with that ring is nowhere near as bad as pouring some secrets."
"Fine," Raven caved in, "I'll tell her what she wants to know." She stopped, "But you have to get the ring from her."
"Fine, as long as you keep her here," Robin agreed.
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"I finally find someone who knows what this thing is, and bird boy is going to make me leave," Laura said to herself, looking at the ring, forgetting the Titans were there, "Typical."
"He just wants our team to be safe," Cyborg assured her, "I'm sure he'll let you at least talk to Raven about it."
"I don't even know him and I know that's not going to happen," she said, "You're friend isn't exactly hard to read."
"He is just looking out for our best interest," Starfire told her, "He wishes only to see us safe."
"So he'll just throw me out into the city then?" she asked, raising her eyebrows.
"Ok, so he may not always think rationally," Beast Boy said, "But who said you were a villain? Are you one?"
"No I'm-" she was cut off as Robin and Raven re-entered the room.
"You can stay," he said simply as he and Raven walked over to Laura.
"Oh thank gracious one, I'm humbled to know that I have you're approval to stay here," she laughed softly at him.
"I thought you wanted to stay here," Beast Boy said, confused.
"Fine, I did," she caved, "But only until I find out more about these two 'Order's' you were talking about."
"I'll tell you anything you want to know," Raven said reluctantly.
"Whatever then," she said, "But I'm not going to stay for long. I don't need your help."
"Whatever you say," Robin assured her.
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A/N: There we go, a wee bit short, but when you have a good place to stop you have to stop, says me. Sorry I didn't update, but school has just stated, coughhigh schoolcough, yes my freshman year, I'm very excited thank you for asking, but enough about me, I hope you're enjoying the story, that would make me happy. Please review, I beg of you, it builds up my self esteem so I can push forward with the next chapter.
