Chapter 4
Raven and Quinn
*A/N: See if you can see the cameos from another one of my fanfictions.*
"Azarath, Metreon, Zinthos. Azarath, Metreon, Zinthos." Raven said in meditation.
Brendan and Bret repeated the phrase back. Raven was working with the two on keeping calm like Robin had suggested. The three were sitting on the roof where they were away from Cyborg and Beast Boy arguing and Starfire just being herself. Robin was searching anything about the fire being they fought.
Raven opened her eyes as she felt a presence nearby that weren't Bret and Brendan's. The midday sun was making the AC units on the roof of Titan's Tower cast shadows. The two newer titans stopped meditating as Raven stood up.
"Keep meditating." Raven told them and walked off before they could say anything.
"Robin told us to listen to what she said…" Brendan started saying.
"…and Beast Boy says she gets scary when mad." Bret finished.
"A word of warning: don't believe everything Beast Boy says. I scare him when I get mad." Raven said. "I'll be back in a few minutes. Just keep meditating, find calm, and keep that peace."
Bret and Brendan shrugged as the roof became black and distorted around Raven's feet. Then she phased right through the roof to the floor below.
Raven landed on her feet startling Quinn as he just came through shadows from below the AC units on the roof.
"You have a question?" Raven asked the shadow controller.
"Yes I guess. I needed to ask you something before I left. You've been giving me these questioning looks especially this morning and I'm pretty sure it's not because you want to ask me to be friends." he replied.
"Yes that is true. Since we are alone right now I can say you have a strong power. It was strong enough for me to sense it and it surprised that you could control it." Raven explained crossing her arms.
Quinn was much taller than Raven and he looked down at her saying, "I'm flattered. But there is something else you are leaving out."
"You are smarter than you let on." Raven started, smiling on the inside at Quinn's reaction to her remark. "I had a dream last night. I couldn't see much but I could make out two figures and a very dark dungeon like room. I saw a group of figures in black surrounding the two and that is all I could see before I woke up."
"Well bird lady," Quin said smirking at Raven's glare, "You must have seen my dream. If it's anything that has scared me it is that dream. I have had it constantly all my life."
Raven tilted her head in understanding, "I can see why it scares you. It was pretty freaky to me. But if you're wondering if I could help you figure it out then you are out of luck because I saw nothing but shadows."
"Well thank you then so now I'll be going. Make sure you keep those two in shape. Jewfro seems to have a hard time keeping a tap on that massive power he has."
With that the shadow controller saluted and left through the floor. Raven went back up in her own manner.
In Robin's Room
"Nothing. Nothing at all." Robin thought. "There isn't anything. Nothing in our database, the other titans haven't seen anything like it, and there wasn't any trace left of it besides destruction.
Robin jumped when Quin said, "A real mystery we have Robin Hood."
"Quin this is a private room."
"My eyes are closed and I just thought I would say bye and thanks for letting me bunk down. You won't see me again except on the news."
Quin then grabbed the boy wonder's hand and shook it before leaving out the door.
In Clovis' room
Clovis was snoring peacefully when someone kicking the bed startled her awake. She swung on instinct, just barely grazing Quin's shirt.
"A cheery good day to you Clovis."
"Don't do that again." Clovis said wiping her eyes of sleep. "What do you want?"
"Just came to say goodbye. I'm going to head out so I wanted to say adios to my partner in firefighting. So Ciao!"
"Hold on you ghoul. Is that it? I break into a store, you GET ME ARESTED, you attempt to get me out, we almost die together, get saved by super heroines, and eat alien food together and that's all you say?"
"I don't want to suffer the nagging rage of someone like you. You seem you could do that to people especially when you're tired." Quin remarked.
"All you do is kick me awake and say ciao? You could talk or something or possibly stay with the titans?"
"Large groups have never been my thing though…we could be vigilante partners?"
"No I'm fine. I'm going to need to apologize to every store owner I robbed from. I might need to ask Dr. Reyson if he can back me up cause I don't think I'll get such a warm reception."
Quin shrugged, "Suit yourself. I'll see you around sometime. If you want to hear about me just check the news."
The two just stared for a few seconds before both said, "Ciao."
Rooftops
"I want you to tell me anything about you two loosing control." Raven asked.
"Well I think with me," Bret started, "Is stress. When I get stress things tend to happen and there is no way to fix that because I stress about 90% of the time. I'm also moody, short-tempered, and easily annoyed. Loosing control tends to spike everything."
Brendan followed up, "I just tend to get excited easily. Same with him so yeah we both tend to be hyper if still for a while. With me there isn't that much to worry about because chains and knives appear out of nowhere. With him though," Bret cut him off.
"I can handle my own description thank you. Floods, tremors, fire blasts, and gusts of wind happen. Not my fault my charming personality doesn't agree with my avatar powers. I like that show by the way."
Raven talked more, "There isn't really anything I can do to help you except give you the proper advice. You'll have to work on practicing trying to keep calm no matter the situation. The both of you need to help each other out and you two are a natural tag team so do what a tag team does best."
Raven then said they were done. They could easily learn and even though it was key constant meditation didn't help for some people. They would need to learn through actual action training.
*In Jump City*
Quin was walking down a sidewalk with his arms behind his head thinking, "Glad they didn't try to go in depth on me. I don't think they would have gotten much of my past." Quin had been living on the streets for as long as he could remember. Since all he could remember was lying against a dumpster when he was 15 or so. He only knew his name and nothing more. He found out about his power days later and fully admits to having done what Clovis did to get clothing all in a more quiet style once he got the hang of his abilities. When he was about 16 he got rid of the food issue after he befriended two people at a diner who were twins named Riley and Johnny Hart.
He was walking by a house (which was rare in a city) that had music coming from an opened garage. The house was about three blocks from where him and Clovis had met the Titans and from the park she had stayed in. He knew who lived there. It was a girl who had curly blonde hair and had friends who were in a band with her. He knew her because she took a liking to him cause of how he dressed mostly. Her name was Teal.
He walked past the opened garage nonchalantly hearing the band playing Crazy Train he thought. The music stopped abruptly like he figured and a girl's voice shouted, "Quin, haven't seen you for a while!"
"You know being homeless tends to do to make people not see you for a while." Quin replied as the girl bounded up to him.
"I don't care my vagrant friend you are here and now you can meet my friends who I've only told about you."
*In Titan's Tower*
"No fair! You two are cheating!" Beast Boy complained.
Beast Boy and Cyborg were playing against Brendan and Bret in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and were getting beat again.
"Back when we played video games we were legit. Still out of practice though." Brendan responded.
"Anyways so where's Quin? I'm guessing he's left already?" Bret asked.
"Yes" Robin said walking in. "He never gave anyone a chance to really even talk to him. Just said 'thanks for letting me bunk down' and left."
Clovis was sitting at a counter talking with Starfire when she turned to Robin, "Said bye or well ciao to me and said if I wanted to see him to just check the news. Hey do you think someone could give me a lift to the city or something. I should go talk to Dr. Reyson about something in person."
Starfire answered, "I could give you a lift friend. I did with Brendan and Bret when I took them to get clothes. You might need some to so I'll gladly help with that."
Clovis shook her head, "I just need a lift. I can walk and I got to talk ask Reyson something.
"When do you want me to get you somewhere?"
"Better now than later please."
*In the air*
"Oh this is not what I had in mind Starfire!" Clovis shouted as the alien girl held onto her as she flew to the city.
*In Teal's house*
"Wow so you were part of that whole charade going on a few blocks away?" a lanky teen asked.
Quin replied, "Yeah. Big fire creature decided to attack me and a girl. The Teen Titans saved us without much issue."
"Awesome."
When Quin talked with Teal's friends he found out that Riley and Johnny's sister Kary hung with them and was a wrestler in an all-female wrestling business. She was albino and the drummer in the band. Quin spied a picture of the group and two others: the kids with the Titans Bret and Brendan.
"Who are those two?" he asked.
"They were some of our friends. Their names are Brendan and Bret and they ran away a long time ago. Bret was our singer and Brendan played bass, backup singer, and saxophone. No one knows where they went and no one knows why they left. Their parents still try to look for them and all we were told was something about not being able to stay. If I find them I'm gonna hug them and hit them with a baseball bat." Teal explained.
"I might need to talk to these two. I have a theory and it's a dang good one." Quin thought. He looked out the garage and held his gut. He saw a figure out on the sidewalk staring at him. The thing is no one passing by s/he/it gave a second glance to the cloaked figure. The pain in his gut slowly increased. When the figure turned and walked away Quin excused himself.
"Something wrong?" Kary asked, "You're holding your gut."
"Nothing really. Got to get some food. I'll make sure to tell your siblings you said hi. Thanks for everyone's hospitality and not giving me weird looks so ciao."
As he quickly hurried off the lanky kid Sean said, "That was strange."
"Wonder why Riley or Johnny didn't tell me about him."
*Sidewalk*
"I must have some sort of danger sense cause I'm not liking that no one can see this guy or girl or thing. Maybe I got a contact high from somewhere?" Quin thought.
As he pushed his way through people he knocked some shaky looking girl to the ground, "Watch where you're going jer-…Quin?"
Quin didn't give a second thought to Clovis as he said sorry but kept moving.
"He's not looking so good." Clovis thought. She got up quickly and followed him, not even seeing a similar cloaked figure that Quin was following right next to her.
Clovis followed Quin past a crane with a wrecking ball on it into an abandoned building scheduled for demolition.
Quin stopped and Clovis called him. Just then chills went down both of their spines.
"Both of them came."
"How lucky for the master."
"A traitors child and a runaway."
"Quin what is going on here!?"
"Clovis get out of here now. Get the Titans and tell them something is going on! I don't know who these cloaked punks are but I'll handle them."
Clovis was exasperated, "What cloaked punks? I-I'm confused!"
"Show your selves and fight like men!"
A chilling voice whispered to Clovis revealing itself, "That would be hard to do since I'm a woman!"
An arm wrapped around the girl's neck surprisingly strong. Everything seemed to darken a little as an eerie black mist filled the area. The arm tightened around Clovis's neck as she called Quin.
Quin looked around at the figures, shadows amassing on his fists as he asked, "Who are you? What do you want from me and Clovis? I don't even know you people!"
There were three people total. One woman who was Clovis' height and black vein like streaks on her face starting from her eyes and had buzzed hair. The men in front of Quin were taller than him and had similar buzz cuts and veins.
The shorter man closer to Quin said in a gravely voice, "You know who we perfectly are. The girl doesn't but she is related by blood. We need you both to proceed with the coming."
"Boy you are on drugs." Quin retorted, "I may not be able to remember anything before my 14th year of age but I am sure I wasn't a cult member. Clovis! Get some cop friends now!" He turned and teleported the girl and her captor with shadow teleporting.
*Outside*
Clovis was on the ground nearly throwing up before she got driven into the ground.
"We need you two alive. Be still and embrace the void of unconsciousness!"
Clovis started thrashing as a hand was pressed to the back of her head. She wildly kicked the kneecap of the woman and when she was downed drove a foot into her skull. Springsten scrambled to her feet and before the strange attacker got to her knees, launched a single punch in the jaw.
The woman looked up from the ground, "We'll find you all again." Then a mist came up like arms from the ground and she disappeared.
Clovis retched and shuddered, slowly backing away before sprinting back towards the building again. The entrance had a fog like shimmer to it but rammed into what felt like a wall. She groaned and fell unconscious, slowly bleeding from her forehead.
*In the building*
"I'm going to tell you two things" Quin shouted, "First I'm going to kick your butts. Second you are going to tell me what the heck you all are talking about when it comes to me and Clovis!"
Quin's fist were shrouded in shadows and he closed the distance on the man closer to him first. With the surprising speed the man sidestepped and tripped Quin but the teen thought of a pillar and swung his fist upward. A pillar of shadow slammed the man to the ceiling. The first man seemed to teleport on top of him. A shrouded fist seemed to cover his face but street smarts kicked in: Quin kneed him below the belt. The man reeled in pain and Quin grabbed his face in a similar fashion. A small surge of power went through his arm and flung the attacker back.
Everything seemed to lighten up as Quin heard, "Now we know you are one of us. We'll be back."
"I'll be waiting jackwads!" Quin shouted as he saw no one was here. He made his way to the entrance where he saw Clovis on the ground. He picked her up (arms under her neck and legs) and thought of the Titans tower. "What the heck? Is tying us together? Seems like something out of a cheesy novel."
In the sky over a park
"A glorious day to fly and patrol the park and there doesn't seem like there is any suspicious activity. Oh hello there, is that Argent?" Starfire asked herself as she saw the titan sitting on the edge of a four story apartment building.
"Hello Argent! Have you seen any sort of criminal activities?" Starfire asked sitting on the edge next to her.
"No I'm on break, alert but on break. I was planning on checking a pizza place for criminal activities so want to come?"
"I would love to help you check somewhere and keep it safe from criminals."
"No Starfire I'm asking if you want to get something to eat since you're here and I was going anyways." Argent explained.
Starfire laughed nervously and rubbed the back of her head, "Oh sure Argent."
Both scooted off the building and Starfire just followed Argent. The two flew over a nearby building under construction sort of away from the street where the two girls caught a glimpse of someone forming into the ground.
"Did you see that Starfire?" Argent asked.
"Yes. Could that have been Quin?"
The two continued flying down to the usual place the Starfire and her friends eat at. A large school was nearby and when the two Titans set down they heard a scream come from the school. They turned and looked then saw a large creature made of rock. It was stalking towards the building and with a single punch sent the gate in front of it flying.
"Argent lets go!"
The alien girl flew quickly and floated a few feet in front of the golem. Few students who were leaving after school activities were scattered around as Argent flew next to Starfire.
"Stop your advances!" the Tameranian ordered. The golem responded by continuing to move forward.
"Well we tried peacefully, now its time forcefully." Argent said. She shot her orange beams in the shape of a mallet, swinging it in a downward strike.
The orange mallets connected dead on and crushed the creature to little pieces.
"That was simple." Argent chuckled.
Starfire gasped, "I don't think it did! Its reforming!"
The pieces and gravel started to tremble before quickly forming together and back into the creature it was before. A low rumbling emitted from it and it extended its arm. The arm shot sharp, shredding bits of gravel like a machine gun. The two girls separated but both started getting shot at when it brought up its other arm.
Starfire spun under the stream and threw two starbolts. They connected and left two gaping holes in its chest which made the enemy pause to give argent time for her turn. The Meta-human (is that correct?) shot a beam that turned into a hammer again. She swung it sideways, connecting and making the golem fly to the right. Starfire flew around and slammed it into the ground with an axehandle strike. She shot into the air and shot beam while Argent did the same.
An explosion happened as the two energy beams collided. The Tameranian's communicator sounded.
"Starfire here."
"Hey Star its Cyborg. Quin and Clovis showed up with Clovis hurt and Santos was telling us about a cult like group talking about-…"
"Sorry friend but…" the Titan started as the creature reformed from its own debris, "me and Argent have our own problems."
*At the school's entrance*
"That's Starfire."
*At the Titan's Tower*
"Yo guys, Starfire just said her and Argent are engaging a hostile creature made of earth. She says its reacting in the same fashion as the fire monster we fought before."
"Lets get over there. Raven said that Clovis will be fine and she wants to check out the site that Clovis and Quin were attacked at."
"You said another creature? Earth? This and the last one are starting to sound like golems. They are very powerful as well as near indestructible. We have to go and assist Starfire now." Raven said sternly.
*Back to Starfire and Argent, ten minutes later*
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Back to Starfire and Argent*
This thing keeps reforming whenever we smash it. We need Brett to handle this thing like he did the fire one." Argent said as she dodged multiple swings. Starfire took and opening and charged into it.
The earth golem suddenly entangled its arms around the girl.
"Argent help!"
"I'm coming…gah!" Argent cried as she got wrapped up to.
"Yo guys hold on!" Cyborg shouted. His sonic cannon erupted into the monster but it didn't break the grip.
Suddenly the creature looked at its hands and arms, in what could only be guessed as confusion, as it let go off the two. It slowly groaned and started to tremble before bursting into rock fragments.
"Nice going Brett!" Beast Boy complimented.
"Um that wasn't me. I have to make motions with my body to do…that." Brett said as he looked around the vicinity. He couldn't place it but he almost felt something, something familiar.
"There's a power here…it feels familiar. Wait another earth controller. What was the word Raven used? Oh yeah geokinetic."
"Raven can you sense anything here? Robin asked as Starfire and Argent joined them.
"Yeah, I am feeling something." She closed her eyes. "Its faint but it is familiar. Wait…its summoning energy. Yes. I felt it slightly against that fire elemental but all I can tell you is that its from the same spell and caster. It's a very powerful summoning spell because these elementals don't need the summoner nearby."
Brendan looked around, "I guess the only thing left is what killed it."
Raven answered, "If Brett didn't do it then someone else did but only a powerful sorcerer or geokinetic could completely destroy it like that. I didn't sense much but the element kinetic we have with us and being near him would tip the scales over most."
"Sorry bout that."
Brendan noticed Beast Boy with a look of thought on his face. He looked at Brett and made a quick motion with his head to the green titan and his friend saw the look.
"Well Titans lets kick this into overdrive. If someone is bringing magical creatures to life we have to find out why and who it is. Lets help clean up at least and head out." Robin said in thought.
Cyborg went to work quickly on the school's gate and the others scattered to check and make sure no one was hurt. Brendan and Brett turned Beast Boy around.
"What's with the look of deep thought man?" Brett asked.
"What are you talking about?"
"Trust me. I know when someone is thinking in distress."
"Fine. We had this friend named Terra. The short version is that we let her join the Titans, she had trouble controlling her powers and we tried to help her, she got tricked by this big time bad guy named Slade, then she turned on Slade. She dropped them both in lava and turned herself to stone. We set up a memorial for her in this cave and after the Titans stopped the Brotherhood of Evil we were fighting this creature who later disappeared. While everyone else dealt with the monster I saw a girl who looked exactly like Terra and sounded like her. She kept saying she didn't have her earth controlling and didn't know who I was. I decided to leave her to go and help the titans. One of the last things she said was, 'Things change Beast Boy. The girl you want me to be is just a memory.' Everyone is still at a lost with her disappearing from her memorial but I'm now not sure 'Terra' was even 'Terra'."
"You said she could control the earth Beast Boy? I felt like I sensed another geokinetic somewhere around here. I could be wrong cause I don't know how sensing things works." Brett told him.
"Whoa maybe you're right. This is the school I found her at. Lets help get stuff cleaned up and I'll tell you the whole story back at the tower." Beast Boy responded.
