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Non possiamo vedere che cosa non è reale, ma che cosa non è reale sta vedendoli sempre/ Non possiamo vedere che cosa non è reale, ma che cosa non è reale sta vedendoli sempre
Disclaimer: I don't own TT or the original book by Jenny Jones
Where we left: A bark woke her up from her thoughts and she looked down to see the dog running away nearer to the lake where she saw another person that was strangely familiar from the back. The person looked down at the dog and bent down a little for pet him. The dog walked back a little and now Raven could see the profile of the person, and she knew who was there
"Speedy?"
Now with the Chapter...
Non possiamo vedere che cosa non è reale, ma che cosa non è reale sta vedendoli sempre/ Non possiamo vedere che cosa non è reale, ma che cosa non è reale sta vedendoli sempre
CHAPTER 5
"Raven?" Speedy got on his feet to look at the girl that had just arrived "What are you doing here?"
"I could ask you the same question, overall because this isn't your city" Raven replied, now she knew what she didn't realize sooner who he was, he had on a brown leather jacket and his arrows and bow were missing
"You have a point there" Speedy gave a nod and looked back at the dog that was looking up at him wagging his tail "I guess Smirks found you"
"Smirks?" Asked Raven raising an eyebrow
"Yup" Then Speedy make a sign with his hand for her to go nearer "Come, I'll show you"
Raven walked at his side and Speedy bent down cupping the dog face and showing it to Raven, now she understood, the dog's snout seemed like forming a smirk every time the dog opened it
"Oh, I see. Is he your dog?" Asked Raven, Speedy shrugged standing up straight
"You could say so; I found him here and took care of him since then"
"Since when?" Asked Raven returning to her initial question
"Remember when you went out searching for the Brotherhood of Evil and told us to protect the city 'till you could find another hero?" Asked Speedy looking Raven in the eyes, she nodded "Well, in that time I decided to explore the city and found this forest and the lake, I liked the place and came here everyday. After the Brotherhood was defeated I continued to come here twice a week or so but I found this place so beautiful that I have been coming here everyday almost three months now"
"Everyday? What about your team?" Knowing that he has been coming here since three moths now every day was surprising
"I return to Steel City every time we have trouble, Bumblebee knows about this and told me she didn't mind as long as I don't fail in the missions"
"But how can you get there so quickly? Cyborg has to travel two hours just to get there"
"The last time we saw each other I talked with Cyborg and Robin about how they make their vehicles faster and then I built myself a motorcycle, adding some personal details to it and the correct chemicals for the combustible I get there in ten minutes max" Raven was shocked
"Really just ten minutes?"
"Yep, Cyborg could get there with the T-car in half an hour if he wanted but you know how careful is he with his car" Speedy laughed a bit with that, Raven smiled she better than anyone knew how much Cyborg loved his car
"You have been doing your homework, build yourself a motorcycle?" She asked while Smirks was chasing a butterfly
"It wasn't hard, wanna see it?" Asked Speedy jerking his thumb towards the trees at the other side Raven came there. Raven looked up and saw a pair of puppets hanging there, one of them was as big as Beast Boy and the other was like a baby not older than two months
"Sure, but first I have a question" Speedy looked at her and raised an eyebrow "What do you know about those puppets?"
The boy saw the puppets and his expression changer from happy to disappointed
"I made them" He answered plainly "All the puppets that you see here are mine"
"You made them?" Asked Raven scared, was it possible that he had done all of those dolls just by himself "All of them, how? Why?"
"It's just a hobby" Speedy shrugged "And I made them with this" He took a knife from his belt "But they aren't the prettiest dolls ever, huh?"
"Agreed" Raven answered without think, and the covered her mouth with one hand and her eye widened, Speedy laughed a cold laugh
"I know it, but maybe I can get better with the time"
"Why do you put them on the branches of the forest?"
"Not many people come here, they go to the other side where the path is totally open because they're scared of get lose here so I don't think they'll mind if I use the trees like shelves for them" He finished with a smile and Raven nodded understanding
"Can I see it?" Raven pointed the knife
"Sure" He handed her the object and she took it very carefully
The knife was very strange; the handle was made by something that looked strangely like bone and the blade had something like letters, an inscription in a language that she couldn't identify. The object was beautiful in a dark way
"What does it say?" The empath asked handing the knife back to his owner
"Dunno, I was hopping that maybe you could know that. Robin told me that you knew some antiques languages, but now that you don't what it says either then I guess we'll have to live with that mystery"
"Cyborg can find the translation with his technology, you can come to the Tower with me if you want"
"Thanks, but maybe some other day" Speedy put his knife on his belt again and sighed remembering something "How have you been feeling lately?"
"Huh?" Raven knew she sounded stupid but didn't know what he was talking about
"I know it have been six moths but still, you live with him"
"Oh, that" Raven looked down for a second and then looked at Speedy again "I got over it some time now, and we are friends again"
"Just like that, wow, so easy" Speedy knew she wasn't totally honest but didn't push it further "So wanna see my 'baby'?" He asked imitating Cyborg
"Sure" They haven't advanced two steps and Raven's communicator sounded, she picked it up lazily and opened it "Raven here" She wasn't surprised to find that Robin's face appeared in the screen
"Raven, where are you?" His voice was normal, he hadn't caught the cold
"I'm in the forest with…" She looked up and saw Speedy shaking his head and mouthed a 'No', he didn't want the others to know he was there "with a good book, what do you want?"
"We are going to discuss when are we going to train and I want you back here now"
"Can't you decide without me?" Raven wasn't in the mood to discuss about the training, she didn't like to train and besides the final word was Robin's
"The team will take this decision together so I want you here at least you wish to train three extra hours like Beast Boy" Raven groaned at this
"I'm on my way" With that Raven hung up and looked back to Speedy
"Three extra hours?" He asked with a smirk and a raised eyebrow "I'm so glad of not being on your team"
"You don't know how lucky you are" Raven gave him a little smile "Why did you tell me not tell that you were with me?"
"I don't want the others to know that I come here everyday because Robin will yell at me and Bumblebee. The rest of my own team doesn't know that I come here, they just know that I'm out before thy wake up and come back home at night and for missions"
"I'll keep the secret but still I don't know why come here for a forest when is one in your own city"
"I don't know either to be honest" Speedy looked at the lake and continued "But I like a lot this place and I want to keep coming"
"Ok then, maybe I'll see you later" With that Raven levitated out of the forest with Smirks barking to her
"Looking forward to it" Speedy whispered to himself, she was the only one who knew that he was there and some company wouldn't hurt
Non possiamo vedere che cosa non è reale, ma che cosa non è reale sta vedendoli sempre/ Non possiamo vedere che cosa non è reale, ma che cosa non è reale sta vedendoli sempre
: In the Tower:
Robin and the rest of the team were in the living room waiting for Raven to go back, and the four of them were in deep thought, although all of them different in some way
'Did she go back to the forest because the dog?' Cyborg thought 'Maybe she decided to bring him here, I'm glad she isn't scared of that place anymore, surely the puppet was just for scare the people and the feeling was just because her fear, her powers must have been out of control at the moment'
'Back to the forest?' This was the question in BB's head 'Wasn't she scared out her skin just two days ago by that? This isn't right… Or were they just joking for make me get in trouble with Robin?… Nah, they are in trouble as well. But then what's going on?'
'Again she got out without telling us' Robin thought while pacing in front his teammates that were sitting on the couch 'Is she keeping a secret or something? What if she already found another one, a new boy she has feelings for? That can be a possibility that I wish isn't the truth, and if it is I would love to see that brat and give him what he deserves'
'I think this is very odd' This was in Starfire's head 'I saw Raven was nervous when Robin told her to look in the forest and now she went back there, has she found something there and does not wish to tell us? Does she trust us no more? No, she trusts us and I am certain that she will tell us what is bothering her when our friend feel ready to do it'
Just then Raven entered to the main room and saw all of them deep in thought, she wanted revenge on Robin so she planned something. With a smirk on her face she used her telekinetic powers and turned on the TV that had at the moment a heavy rock music video in the same channel Beast Boy had left it the night before, oh the irony.
The reactions were immediate
Starfire jumped in the air and landed on the floor with a thud while Beast Boy morphed in a lizard and used his legs to stick himself to the ceiling shaking. Cyborg gave a scream, like a little girl and kneeled on the floor covering his head with his hands. But Robin on the other hand took out his bostaff and aimed it to the TV standing in a protective position
Raven snickered at her friends' behavior making them all turn their heads towards her
"Sorry, did I scare you?" Raven wasn't sorry at all and all her friends noted it, and what she noted was that the Tower felt warmer than normal 'Cyborg must have activated the calefaction already'
"Glad to see you're back" Robin said retracting his bostaff while the rest sat on the couch again red like big tomatoes
"Did I have a choice?" Asked Raven sitting between Cyborg and Beast Boy
"No, but anyway, this days have been very cold and I don't want anyone to get sick if we train in the obstacle course and the exercise in the gym are too easy fro us, however we'll continue training there sometimes" The team groaned at this "So Cyborg and I have been working in a new training based on virtual reality" Now all the team seemed interested "We used the room in which we tried to hide Raven from her father when the end of the world came to it, in that way we can see every move from the window near the top of the room and the Titan training will have a lot of space to move"
"And who are we going to fight with?" Asked BB
"I took movements from some villains like Mumbo, Dr. Light and even Red X and Slade from security cameras and my own database and programmed it in the computer we're going to use for the training, we chose a villain and you fight against it like if it was a real battle, you'll feel everything like if it is real" Cyborg answered proud
"Cool!" Beast Boy exclaimed
"And now when do you want to use it? I'm planning to use it tomorrow" Robin said to the team
"I think that tomorrow would be great" Starfire agreed
"Yeah, I'm waiting to fight with those villains, three more hours training with it and soon I'll become the best here!" BB said exited
"Beast Boy, the extra hours will be at the gym, and I'll be supervising" Robin explained and the punished titans tried to hold back a groan that was going to escape
"But that isn't fun" Complained the changeling
"I suggest you to find the funny side to the punching bag, weights and push ups because the punish will have all of them" Robin said
"I'm so going to die tomorrow" Beast Boy said
"At least you won't be alone" Raven said trying to cheer her friend
"Yeah, but the last hour I'll be" BB said looking at Raven and the resting the back of his head on her lap like a pleading position he continued "Is there the possibility of Raven to coach me the last hour?"
"No" Robin almost yelled in a voice that make all of them startled "I'll watch you all the time Beast Boy and that's final"
"Ok, ok" Beast Boy sat up immediately "I was just kidding, jeez"
"Raven" Robin said forgetting about Beast Boy "You left again without advice"
"I decided to go to the forest and read a bit. I got bored of the Tower" She explained herself
"Couldn't you at least leave a note or something?"
"I have my own life Robin, besides, if I got in trouble I would have called without a second thought"
"The next time I want to tell me if any of you go out the tower, I want where you're going to go and how long will you stay there" This time Robin talked to the whole team
"What are you, our mother?" Asked Cyborg
"The leader and I care about my team" Robin said
"You treat us like babies!" Cyborg yelled at him
"I do what's better for the team!" Robin yelled back
"Dude, you're treating us like if we can't take care of ourselves!" This time was Beast Boy
The argument continued like that and Raven sighed 'Boys'
"Friend Raven" Starfire called "Do you think we should stop them?"
"No, leave them alone" Rave answered
"Ok, would you like to go with me to the garden and see if the flowers are growing correctly?"
"Sure why not?" Raven shrugged and both girls left the boys arguing. Still in Raven's mind was the odd discover that she made at the forest 'I have to see him again, something just doesn't feel right'
Non possiamo vedere che cosa non è reale, ma che cosa non è reale sta vedendoli sempre/ Non possiamo vedere che cosa non è reale, ma che cosa non è reale sta vedendoli sempre
Ok, that was the chapter, a lot of information here. Speedy likes the forest and goes there everyday and Raven just discovered. The rest are oblivious and Raven still feels something isn't right, what could it be?
The phrase today is: 'We can't see what isn't real, but what isn't real is always seeing us'
Now, with the new pool. Look, the next story is a BB/Rae/Rob story, AU because has become pretty easy to put the Titans in another kind of job, but the other pairs are still to be decided and I want you to help me with it k? This can be anyone with anyone so there are no limits and here are the characters:
Cyborg, Speedy, Hot Spot, Herald, Kid Flash, Bushido, Lighting, Thunder Kilowatt, Red Star, Super Boy, Terra, Starfire, Bumblebee, Aqualad, Argent, Pantha, Kole and Gnaark.
You have two weeks because I have another fic in mind and you'll chose again, yep it's another AU but just that will be said.
See you the next Chapter!