I don't own the Teen Titans. I wish I did. Then I could make Raven kick Robin's ass :D I don't know, I just like the idea of Raven beating up Robin. Anyway...
Alrighty, sorry for the shorter chapter last time. Reviews are welcome, hope you're enjoying thus far. I know I've made a couple errors here and there, either omitting or typing twice in a word Anyway, here we go. Chapter 4, Take 1! taps foot. Cast suddenly appears through the front doors. "Since when does lunch put you an hour late?" "Don't ask" Raven, of course. "Fine, whatever. Places!"
Theme song fun!
(Beast Boy)
I will obey the traffic rules.
Teen Titans!
(Robin)
I will eat everything without likes or dislikes.
Teen Titans!
(Starfire)
Earthquakes, lightning, fire Dad. Grammar, math, science social studies. There is nothing I am afraid of!
Teen Titans, GO!!!
(Cyborg)
Holla Holla
Holla
Holla
Holla
My name.
Teen Titans!
Half of your troubles will be gone!
Teen Titans!
(Raven)
Father's schedule control. Mama's weight control. Wishes are endless.
Teen Titans, Go!
(All)
One, two, three, four, five. Teen Titans!
(Beast Boy)
Goodnight, Tokyo!
Rude had her arms firmly crossed, still not happy with Beast Boy's misunderstood attack. Knowledge was looking between Raven and Beast Boy, who were in a sort of awkward staring contest. Happy and Brave were on the edge of their mental seats, waiting for one of the two to speak. Finally, BB opened his mouth. "Are you...alright? I mean, did she..." "I'm fine. Thanks though. We need to get out of here. Rage is down for the moment, but she'll be back up pretty soon. We need to be somewhere she is not when she does," Raven said, already kicking off and heading back the way Beast Boy had came.
"Raven, w-" Beast Boy was cut short by Knowledge's hand on his shoulder. "You asked to speak with her alone at the library. Be patient, and tell her there." Knowledge gave him a gentle, warm smile. Beast Boy simply nodded and took off after Raven in falcon form.
Raven was the first to reach the exit out of Rage's realm. or lair to hear Rage tell you.. Heading through it, she found herself back in the same corridor she had fallen through. She was followed shortly by the rest of the group they had gathered, led by Beast Boy. She had heard him call out her name, and she had also heard the other part get muffled. She knew Knowledge had to have done it. "Wonder what it was, though? Knowledge wouldn't have shut him up if it wasn't important. Maybe...? Damnit Raven, stop that. He's been kind to me, sure, but there's no way it's anything more. Stop kidding yourself." She shook her head, clearing her thoughts. Meanwhile, behind her trailed Beast Boy, also lost in his own thoughts.
"She's either pissed that I attacked Rude on accident, or happy that I had attacked "Rage" so selflessly. That damn expressionless face..." Beast Boy frowned at the back of Raven's head.
"Hey, are you even listening?" Beast Boy was aware that Happy had been talking for the past 5 minutes. He just hadn't registered what she had been saying, lost in his own attempts to figure out the girl he could probably never have. "Hellllloooooo? Anyone in there?" Happy was getting slightly annoyed, which in turn made her even more annoying than usual.
"What?" Beast Boy snapped harshly. He hadn't meant to snap, it had just sort of came out. Happy pouted. "Fine, be that way. Maybe I don't want to talk to you either." She stuck her tongue out at him and walked past him. Beast Boy just shook his head, not even bothering to apologize. A moment later, the smell of paper and dust entered his nose, and he knew they had reached their destination.
"Girlfriend, you seriously need to think about redecorating. Maybe even just a change of wall color," Brave commented, eyeing the walls with a look of distaste. "I like my realm fine the way it is. It's quiet, both in sound and sight. Now, if we can actually get to the point of our arrival here, it'd be greatly appreciated. Take a seat, everyone." Knowledge pointed over to a set of couches, four of them that could seat three people. They were arranged in a square fashion around a large round wooden table.
Everyone took a seat, Happy staying away from Beast Boy and Beast Boy staying away from Raven. "Look, I need to say something before we get started," Beast Boy began just as Knowledge began to open her mouth. She closed it and made a permitting gesture with her hand. "Thank you. I just needed to make a few apologies. Rude, sorry for going tiger on you. I knew that Rage was threatening Raven, so when I saw a semi-reddish cloak my instincts just took over. Happy, I shouldn't have snapped at you earlier. You just caught me at a bad moment. And Raven," he paused as Raven cocked an eyebrow, "sorry if you feel like I was being stupid for trying to interfere between you and Rage. I just know that you think as someone you have to 'put up with', and I don't want you to think I'm useless or something."
He finally finished, his face fallen and finding a sudden interest in the carpet.
Everyone just stared at him. Happy looked like she was glad for the apology, Rude was muttering "You better be," and Knowledge was smiling. Raven's mouth was slightly agape, letting his words sink in.
"They probably went into Raven's mirror thingy to meditate or something, dude," Cyborg told Robin. The Boy Wonder had been searching for the Fusion, as they had decided to call it, for over an hour. Robin had wanted to check on the trapped Titans, wondering if it was possible for one of their minds to kill the other. He had wondered how this thing was going to go down from the instant he realized that Raven and Beast Boy were stuck in the same body. If they argued as much as they usually did, their body would probably spend most of its time standing still, receiving opposing commands. They seemed to be doing ok so far.
"Probably because Raven's scaring Beast Boy too much to argue back," he thought. "Raven? Beast Boy?" He called again. They only called it Fusion when they were referring to the body. They addressed it by whichever one of them they wanted to talk to. "He's probably right. It'd make sense. Raven's emotions have got to be going just a tad nuts," he concluded aloud. He barely finished his sentence when the alarm went off.
He ran into the common room, joining Cyborg and Starfire. "Uh...what is that?" Cyborg scratched his head. He knew he remembered the purple dragon on the screen, but he just couldn't place where. Scanning his memory banks, his eyes widened. "That's that Malchoir dude!" "You mean the guy that fucked with Raven's head and used her to free himself from that book?" Robin spat in disgust.
While Beast Boy was the one with a romantic interest in Raven, Robin was the person closest to the Azarathian. He had been there to comfort her when Slade had delivered Trigon's message to Raven. He was the one that had kept the faith alive for her when all seemed hopeless under the rule of Trigon. She had been inside his mind, trying to help him from having a heart attack when a final trick of Slade's had made Robin believe that he was fighting, and losing to, the masked criminal after he resurfaced. In the end, that had proven to be the result of a hallucination caused by dust in Slade's mask. So every time Robin thought of Malchoir toying with Raven's heart for his own selfish cause, the Boy Wonder wanted to punch something. "Alright Titans, this is going to be tough since we're down two people. I know we can still take him down, though. TITANS, GO!"
Back in Nevermore, Beast Boy sat down from his sudden short speech. "May I begin now?" Knowledge asked with a tinge of amusement. "Er, yeah. Guess I owe you an apology now too," Beast Boy said with a nervous laugh and a sheepish grin. Knowledge gave her gentle laugh and continued. "Ok, ever since you two got put together we emotions have been a tad 'whacked out', to use the common term. Things have been slowly calming down, but some emotions are still going haywire. I am slowly reaching the end of my very long rope with Curiosity, who keeps asking me questions faster than I can even begin to process them. Rage is actually confused instead of enraged for once. Problem is, that's just making her even madder. Which brings me to my second point," she said, looking squarely at Brave.
"What?" You jumped to a rather hasty decision, which is why the battle occurred. Rage took Raven violently, yes. But she had come to harm her, but rather to be informed of the current situation. When you came in and attacked, she defended herself," Knowledge said, giving the green-clad emotion a stern look. "What? If Rage wanted to ask questions, she should have said something first instead of just abducting Raven," Brave said, annoyed.
Knowledge sighed. "I did not say I condoned Rage's course of action. I am simply saying that you could have handled the situation more diplomatically. Alright, back to topic. Rage and Curiosity are the two that have been significantly altered since the encounter with Mumbo Jumbo. Some emotions, such as Timid, have been magnified. You may have noticed that Timid is practically scared to death of you, Beast Boy."
They both turned to look at Timid, who was attempting to hide underneath the couch. She was failing miserably, because the couch wasn't big enough to conceal her. Her head poked out of one end and her ankles were showing from the other. "She looks cute like that," Beast Boy chuckled to himself. "You mean like that?" Raven had also caught sight of her gray cloaked, terrified side.
"Yes, exactly. Final warning: As long as the two of you get along and work together, the emotions in here will calm down and all will be well. If you start arguing, things will begin to happen in here again for the worse. The more you fight, the worse it's going to be in here. That's about all there is to it,. Now, if everyone understands I think I'll go read a book. Happy, Rude, Timid, want to go spar with Brave or something?' Knowledge gave them a meaningful look. Brave understood. "Yeah, guys. Let's get out of here, I'm bored." "Sounds good to me!" Happy bounced up and practically dragged Rude and Timid along. "So..." Beast Boy began.
"Man, this guy is seriously tough," Cyborg whined. His sonic cannon wasn't even leaving a scratch on Malchoir's dragon hide. Having to aim through the rain that had began falling was not helping. "What's the matter? Can't keep up without your precious wench of a witch?" The dragon taunted, not even bothering to dodge another blast of sonic fire. He retaliated with a green fireball aimed directly at Cyborg, who began running from the oncoming flames.
"This is for my friend!" Starfire was in all out warrior princess mode. She, too had a particular spot of pure hatred in her hearth for this loathsome beast. She was casting some of her strongest starbolts and lasers, and having very little effect. Changing tactics, she attempted to use her Tamaranian-given strength to her advantage. "HAH!" she cried, putting her full force into an uppercut. "Ah!" she cried out as Malchoir simply batted her away with a backhand from one claw.
"Starfire!" Robin yelped, forgetting the wall-jump kick he had set up and looking for a sign that she was ok instead. This wound being a bad move, because Malchoir hit him hard with his tail while Robin turned his back. "Ugh!" Robin let out a groan as he flew about ten feet and landed in the mud. "Friend Robin, are you unharmed?" Robin picked himself up off the ground at the sound of her voice. "Yeah, I'm alright. You?" "I am also undamaged. But this Malchoir is much stronger than first estimated." Starfire said tensely. "You can say that again," Robin muttered, brushing mud off his cape. "Very well. I am also-" "Star, I just meant that I agreed," Robin stopped her. "Oh."
Suddenly, Cyborg came flying through the mud, landing next to Robin. "Cyborg, you okay?" Robin asked worriedly. "I'm covered in mud, my circuits are having a tough time taking this abuse, and my attacks aren't even scratching him. What do you think?" Cyborg shot back. "We need to regroup. This dragon is doing the kicking of our asses," Starfire stated with cool understatement. Robin and Cyborg gawked at her momentarily before agreeing and retreating.
"So..." Beast Boy said, having been left alone with Raven thanks to Knowledge. "You gonna finish that sentence or do I have to wait a few days for you to finish processing it?" Raven said with a small smirk. "Well, I just...I mean...are you sure you're all right?" Beast Boy was fumbling his words. Raven sighed. "Yes, Beast Boy. For the seventh time, I'm perfectly fine. I'm getting the feeling that's not all you wanted to say. Get on with it, I've got plans for the next twelve weeks."
From behind Raven's couch, Knowledge couldn't help but give an uncharacteristic snort. Luckily, neither of them heard it. "Well, I kind of wanted to talk to you about some stuff here recently. Like-" Raven put up a hand to stop him. "You mean like that little speech you just put up a couple minutes ago? Something about me thinking you're worthless and stupid? Beast Boy, you've got a lot to learn about me before you go proclaiming your love for me." Beast Boy's eyes practically covered his head in shock. Knowledge's eyes practically bulged out, and she let out a very audible gasp. "
What the HELL?!" Beast Boy's brain was too busy spinning around at dangerous speeds for his mouth to work. All that came out was "Whuh?" Raven gave a small laugh. "Does the term 'read you' ring a bell? I believe you said that to me earlier today, something about being able to read the way I felt through the way I acted, I'm an empath, Beast Boy. You think I can't do the same?" Beast Boy took a few minutes to regain brain control and laughed. "Yeah, guess I should have thought of that. So...?" Raven's face was ungiving. Finally, she spoke. "I..."
(runs from cliffhanger haters) MWAHAH! I tried to change the format on this one, hope it shows better than previous ones. Then again, we're talking about Works here, so... (Raven walks in), Raven: So? Figure it out or download something else. And while we're at it, double check that damn chapter again. You almost typo'd Breast Boy about eight times writing this. That BETTER not make it into this chapter.
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