Blackmoore
Chapter 3
The Story
All the titans could do was stare at the picture then at Lena and back to the picture again. It was unreal,a mistake,unbeleiveable. How could this stranger know her? Had Terra done something terrible to Lena like she had to them before? Or had she known Lena from before she even met the Titans? None of them could be sure of anything. And they definately could not trust Lena. Terra may have done horrible things in the past but she was still their friend. She saved their lives. Of course none of them were getting the answers to their questions by just standing there. It was time to interrogate.
"Wha..What are you doing with Terra's picture?" babbled Beast Boy, "Are you sure you have the right one?"
Lena looked at the photograph she held in her hand. "Yeah I'm sure." she smirked, "And since you know her name I'm guessing she's been here."
They all stared again. Not sure what to say.
"Um yeah...She has...or is..." muttered Cyorg still dazed."And you know her how...?"
"She's an old friend." said Lena right away. The answer seemed practiced.
Robin finally composed himself. "Well no matter how you know her I don't think she'll remember you." He paused trying to search for the right words to say. "She doesn't remember any of us...She was our friend too."
Beast Boy was silent. He looked to the ground the memories were flooding his mind. Her pretty face flashing before him over and over. The good times they had together,the terrible things she had done,the day she saved them all,and the day she forgot. That day was the worst one of all. Worse than when she betrayed them. Worse than when she left them. Worse than when they thought they lost her. She had forgotten him,she had forgotten every feeling she had for him and that he had for her. He would give anything for her to remember.
Lena glanced at Beast boy's sad face and then stood up straight and looked Robin in the eye. "What happened?"
"This could take a while." siad Raven flatly "We should sit down." she beckoned them to the couch so they could tell Terra's story.
"Where shall we begin?" said Starfires quiet voice.
"We had no clue who she was when we found her fighting that giant scorpian." Raven started, "I was the only one who was skeptical about letting her stay with us. In the end she became friends with everyone but me. Then she ran away."
"That was my fault." said Robin, "I should have never said anything about her powers. Then she never would have left to train with..." he grimaced at the thought of the man's name.
"Do not say that Robin." said Starfire trying to comfort him. "I do not beleive any of us could have prevented what happened." she put her had on his shoulder.
"It doesn't matter who's fault it is." Raven said coldly "What matters is that we fell into her trap.We trusted her..Even I trusted her." there was a hint of regret in her voice. Even though she wasn't sure if she really reretted trusting her or not. It was true that she had betrayed them but she had also saved them. She had proven that she cared for them.
Lena had a questioning look on her face. She had no clue what they were talking about. But whatever it was she was sure it wasn't good. Everone was looking at a seemingly interesting spot on the carpet or the wall. All of them were silent. Sad lookes were in their eye's. She was about to say something so they could continue but then Cyborg broke the silence.
"She turned her back on us and took over the city. We all almost lost our lives." his face was grim when he remembered their battle.
"But she finally realized that what she did was wrong." said Beast Boy. He was looking Lena right in the eye. "She proved that she was our friend...That she was a Titan."
There was another long pause as everyone was still thinking over the whole thing. Outside dark clouds had rolled in and it started to rain. Lightning cracked and lit up the sky and thunder rolled giving the world a dark and gloomy atmosphere.It was ironic that it matched perfectly with the mood that swelled within the walls of the tower. All of the Titans faces were the same. Sad,depressed,regretful,greiving. Everything but hate. Why not hate? Why didn't they hate her? After all she had done? How could she had proven herself to them after all of that?
"And then she couldn't rememer anything."
"Who was she working for?"
This took everyone off guard "How did you know she was working for someone?" asked Robin.
"I know Terra and she is definately not crafty enough to think of that all on her own" She stared at him with her dark eye's as she pushed some of her shimmering white hair out of her face, "So tell me."
"His name is Slade." Just saying it made all of them tense up.
Of course, thougt Raven why did she even ask.She knew good and well who Terra was working for.It was obvious. You had to live inder a rock not to know about this figure of pure evil. Slade was one of the biggest mysteries of them all.No one knew who he was. What exactly he wanted. Why he did the things he did. But Terra was not so complex. a very simple puzzle to solve. She went with Slade to gain control. And the only way to pay him back for his help was to do anything and everything he said. She broke away from him because of her feelings for Beast Boy and her friendship with the rest of the Titans. it was as simple as that.
"Do you still want to see her? Even if she wont remember you?" asked Beast Boy.
"Yes."
"But why?"
"I told you."
"Your really friends with her?"
"You could say that."
Raven perked up after hearing this. It was true that this girl was strange but how could you go from "old friends" to "you could say that."? She also noticed that Lena did not seem to show any concern for her "friend". Was it true that they had been close? One thing was for sure Lena or Blackmoore, whatever her name was was hiding something from them. And she had to find out what. she shot a look at Robin trying to warn him not to say any more but he was ignoring her.
"Please." Lena started "Take me to her." a look of pleading slowly took over her face.
There was a long pause. As if everyone except Raven, was trying to decide what to do. Should they trust her? It was almost impossible to resist the desperate look in her dark eye's.
"Okay." said Robin "First thing in the morning we'll take you to her."
Lena didn't smile. She simply nodded and got up from her seat. Starfire took her to her room.
"This shall be your room while you are staying with us.' she siad in a warm voice, "It was the room that we had made for Terra to stay in." she got no response not even a blank stare from Lena. "Well, I wish you pleasent dreams and good sleep." she smiled at her new friend and floated away.
Lena just stood there in the doorway looking at the empty room. Obviously no one came in here because you could visibly see the dust that piled on the dresser and night stand. It seemed like nothing had been disturbed like the room hadn't even been used. Raven walked quietly down the hall and Lena noticing this turned her head in her direction. Raens hood was over her head so that all you could see were her emotionless stare. She stopped at her own door opening it. For a few secconds they just stared blankly at each other and then entered the bedrooms welcoming the thought of sleep.
Blackmoore entered the room reluctantly. Just the simple thought that this room once belonged to Terra gave her an uneasy feeling. She looked out the large window overlooking the city. It was beautiful with all of the lights that reflected off the water. A perfect postcard. She looked away form the scene and walked over to the dusty dresser and looked at herself in the mirror her long white tresses seemed to glow in the moonlight streaming in the widow. Her dark eye's were vacant almost unseeing and her skin looked even paler than usual. And then with a single thought she went from the powerful Blackmoore to the mysterious Lena. Her dark hair shining but her eye's the same dark vacant eye's as before.
Lena was so tired that she didn't even bother changing into pajama's. She just crawled into bed wearing her everyday clothes. She snuggled under the covers and closed her eye's but sleep evaded her. Everything she had heard that night and all the memories she held in the darkness of her own mind haunted her.She was afraid to dream scared of what she might see. When she finally did drift to sleep she woke up what seemed like 5 minutes later and she was still exausted. The sun was creeping its way up into the sky while she got out of bed and changed clothes.When she walked out into the hall a few minutes later the smell of waffles filled her nostrils. It was right then that her stomach gave a low grumble and she realized that she was hungry. She slowly made her way to the kitchen.Beast Boy was busy making something and Cyborg was already munching on his food.
"Well good morining sleepy head!" said a very cheerful Beast Boy. "Want some waffles?" his smile was getting bigger which slightly annoyed Lena since she was not a morning person.
"No no no! Don't eat those!" screamed Cyborg as Beast boy was ready to give Lena her breakfast "Theyre not edible!"
"What are you talking about ?" Lena could barly get the words out of her mouth because Cyborg leapt and tackled Beast Boy right before he set the plate in front of her. They both crashed to the ground. The plate smashed to bits and there were waffles and syrup everywhere.
Cyborg got up brushing himself off. "Theyre tofu."
The look on Lena's face was unreadable. It was a mixture of exaustion,hunger,anger,and confusion. "First of all," she started "What the heck are tofu waffles? And seccond of all NOW WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO EAT FOR BREAKFAST!!!???" her face was red and she gave them the most evil glare they had ever seen (even worse than Raven's).
Beast Boy got up from the ground and he and Cyborg started arguing about Beast boy being unable to make good food. Lena just sat there fuming when Raven entered the room. She walked over to the stove and filled a kettle with water aand put it on a hot burner.When it started to wistle she took it off the stove and poured it into two different coffee mugs. She then got two tea bags put them into the cups and stirred them.When she was done she handed one to Lena and had one for herself.
"Thank you." said Lena.
Raven merely nodded and Lena drank the tea she was given while munching on a very burnt peice of toast. The hot tea seemed to calm her down now since her hunger was appeased. It was steaming hot but as she took another sip it didn't seem to bother her. Right then Robin and Starfire walked in. Starfire happily flew over to Lena's side with a broad smile on her face.
"My new friend I trust you slept well."
"Yes." she lied. Starfire squealed with joy.
"Are you ready" Robin asked her. Everyone was quiet now.
"Yes." she finished the rest of her tea in one gulp and her jewel pendant glowed she changed into Blackmoore."I am."
They all left the tower in silence..
Hey I'm sorry this one is so short but I was desperate to get another chapter out so here it is. I'm also sorry for taking so long. I was on vacation and then I was really busy the week after and then I just got back from camp yesterday. Please reveiw (no flames please. I already know I'm not that great of a writer) thanks for reading!! XP
