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Confrontations: Part Three
To Catch a Thief.... Sort of:
Nevermore:
AntiSocial gnawed at her bottom her lip, looking down her nose at the grey cloaked figure digging its face into the folds of her fallow shaded hemline.
Oh goddess, it's touching me.... She echoed Timidity's whimper with one of her own, amethyst eyes darting around alarmed. Her breath became short and laborious as the contact prolonged from seconds to minutes. How much longer was she expected to suffer this torment? What did she do that warranted such scorn?
Nothing. That's what.
It wasn't her fault those hooligans across the field started a riot. It was Curiosity's fault, however, that she ended up on the outskirts of said squabble.
When the fight first broke out, the ultramarine Emotion latched onto AntiSocial's forearm and proceeded to drag her, against her will, across an entire meadow to just in time to catch Rude stuffing handfuls of clover down Annoying's throat. Somewhere in between Impatience diving in to the fray with an Amazon-worthy battle cry and Courage tackling Pride into a near by flowering lilac bush followed up by Deception body slamming Curiosity;
'Just for the hell of it', the forest green Emotion shrugged before running off somewhere; Timidity had found it prudent to suctioned onto her -Her, AntiSocial, the one emotion in all of Nevermore that abstained from touch. The gray one weaved her arms around her older sisters legs and proceeded to release of floodgate of tears into the fabric.
Somewhere in the foreground, Hysteria let loose a haunting wail above the howls and curses of the fighting Emotions.
The fallow colored Raven shuddered, absently batting at Timidity's unrelenting hands. Next too her, Delirium had decided to pause in her mindless wanderings and level AntiSocial with a manic grin.
The eggplant Emotion's unnerving stare burned into the side of AntiSocials face, making her want shift from foot to foot, but unable to do so due to Timidity's face nuzzling into her waist. The normally withdrawn Raven swallowed loudly, turning her head to give Delirium a small wistful smile.
"Will you stop staring at me," AntiSocial stated shakily, "It's making me uncomfortable."
Delirium just tilted her head and blinked in a birdlike fashion, the grin on her lips widening even more. She abruptly stepped in closer, licking her lips.
"Will the stars sing red tonight? Or will we dance away in robin wings?" She whispered conspiratorially her eyes rolling heavenward as she let out a deranged giggle.
AntiSocial grimaced, shooting a pleading glance at Intelligence, who had surprisingly decided to take a chapter from Lethargy's book and disregard the variegated revolt happening in front of her. The glasses sporting Emotion sat next to the slumbering Lethargy, face well hidden behind the pages of her book.
"W-well," The fallow Raven struggled, leaning away from Deliriums' face which hovered mere inches away from her own.
"What is going on here!" A voice bellowed throughout the meadow, cracking over the group like a whip. All Emotions froze. Intelligence frowned looking over the cover of her novel at the fast approaching Maternal; her mahogany cloak flared out behind her long strides, nose flaring, hair pulled into a severe bun, eyes sparkling with anger.
Oh crap....
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Museum:
"Beast Boy?" Robins voice echoed adamantly into the swallowing dark of the Wildlife Hall. His footsteps tapped against the cold stone floor as the he weaved his way through the exhibits of various stuffed animals. "Come on, where are you..." The Titan leader grumbled under his breath.
After nearly falling into Red-X's trap, Robin came to the decision to regroup, power in numbers, but so far no one had been answering their communicators.
What's the point of even having such tools, if no one's going to use them.... Robin seethed to himself, pulling out a flashlight and clicking it on. A single beam of limpid light cut through the caliginous shadows, gliding over the miscellaneous creatures of the Neolithic Age. He raked a hand through his sweat roped hair in frustration.
Just as Robin began to lose hope, a familiar shade of muted green caught his eye.
Oh no...
"Beast Boy!" The Titan ran towards the shape shifter, yellow cape flapping behind him in earnest. "What happened?" He muttered, fairly certain his question would go unanswered as he stopped before the looming Saber-Tooth Tiger; for there, dangling from the open jaws of the beast was an unmoving BB. Red globs of X adhesive paste spotted his clothes and hair.
Robin reached out a gloved hand and gently prodded the large nodule bulging out from the sticky, sage-colored locks falling across the changeling's brow. The leader sighed, eyes narrowing in choleric puzzlement.
"Why didn't you call for back up?" He inquired rhetorically, sliding his arms under the passed out teens shoulders and knees, carefully lifting him out of the Saber-Tooths mouth. Robin gently laid BB in a nearby eagle nest of straw and feathers, eyes looking over his friend for any other serious injury. Finding none, the Titan stood, nodding in hesitant satisfaction while questions ate away at his wavering certainty.
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"That's it!" Raven snarled aloud, gripping at the roots of her hair in exasperation. Her eyes darted back and forth along the corridor searching for something -anything-, blunt or otherwise, heavy enough to knock herself out with in one solid swing. For blissful catatonia, the demoness figured, had to be better than the waves of near-blinding agony systematically tearing canals through her skull.
Excessive? Perhaps. Beating yourself into a coma during the middle of a mission did have its disadvantages, particularly if you wanted to successfully capture the perpetrator. But she was running out of options! Her Emotions seemed adamant on driving her to self-mutilation.
She absently noted that the frequency reserved for Titan communicators was unusually dead this late in the pursuit. Beast Boy and Cyborg should've been whining about hunger pains by now. Starfire hadn't even once asked some pointless question about a random artifact that lay about her. Robin's silence was expected. The leader insisted on using the communicator for emergency's only. Raven shrugged.
They're probably just trying to keep quiet in case X is nearby.....
"X....." She grimaced letting the symbolic letter toss her thoughts into muddled chaos causing something in the back of her mind to pulsate, leaving behind a residue of foreign tingles.
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Nevermore:
"I have never witnessed such ill behavior in all my days!" Maternal scolded, pacing in front of the line of guilty Emotions. She tucked an errant strand of hair behind her ear, her fingers twitching with anger. "I'm very upset with all of you." Her eyes travelled down the row. Rude was detachedly picking her nails a tiny smile of victory gracing her features every time she shot a glance at Annoying, who for the most part looked relatively unharmed. The thistle Emotion stood just on the other side of the orange Raven, pouting and fingering the tattered bits of her cloak which sported just as many holes as it did grass stains from Rude dragging around her by her ankles.
Pride and Courage were in no better condition. They now carried a distinct odor of lilac and were busy smacking away hungry bees that continued to gather around their heads. Every now and then they emitted a pained yelp as a bee found its target, stinging them either on the forehead or neck.
Impatience had roped Ignorance into helping the her pick all the leaves and twigs out of her hair and off her cloak. Next in line was Timidity, who had yet to relinquish her hold on a very upset looking AntiSocial followed up by Curiosity who was gazing at Delirium with an awe of unease. True to her name, the more sadistic Raven seemed content at bringing up the end of the row by spending her time pulling the wings off of butterflies murmuring with each pop of insect appendage;
"This little wingie went to market, this little wingie stayed home, this little wingie had..." And so on and so forth.
Maternal rubbed the deepening wrinkle in her furrowed brow, sighing dishearteningly.
"I'm not mad," The mahogany Emotion stressed, "I'm disappointed. I thought I made it clear that if anyone had an issue, they could come talk to me...."
Intelligence inwardly groaned, rolling her eyes. She pushed her glasses back up her nose, shaking her head as Maternal continued to lay the guilt on like peanut butter.
This day can't get any worse....
"Hey girls," A sultry purr floated languidly over the group, pulling Maternal's speech to an abrupt halt. All eyes turned to the origin, widening at the approach of a certain scarlet Emotion.
I was wrong.... Intelligence did groan aloud, dropping her head into her book. Lethargy hiccuped in her sleep at the noise, nose twitching.
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Museum:
I'll give them five more minutes... Raven winced, pushing her rubbery legs forward. Five minutes, and if things had not calmed in Nevermore, she would force her own hand. The amethyst eyed Titan was simply to dangerous in her current state of imbalance;
Her mental blocks were less than what she would consider secure. The Emotions were on the warpath. All that coupled with the erratic surge and abandon of her powers as of late should've been enough reason to have bludgeoned herself into deep torpidity days ago and yet here she was.
Wait. Where was she? Raven blinked confusedly before running a hand through her hair exasperatedly.
Oh yeah, the mission.... At least someone in Nevermore was paying enough attention to get her back on track.
The main showroom of the Jump City Museum was a beautiful thing to behold at night. Shafts of pale moonlight poured from above through the glass dome that twisted its way heavenward at the heart of the ceiling and pooled upon the marble floors in splashes of blue and grey. Cathedral walls of matching marble ascended upward, the height elusive to the naked eye as they melted into the inky shadows untouched by the natural light. Towering pillars lined the circular room breaking only for the corridors that branched off to the four wings of the museum; Ancient Civilizations, World Wildlife, Modern Marvels, and the Entrance/Gift Shop.
The sorceress pulled her cloak tightly around her shoulders, shivering at the unnerving quite that seemed to envelope the room in an iron curtain. She walked further into the open expanse, halting in front of the red rope that fenced off the principal showcase which was reserved for touring exhibits. Last week it was the Darya-ye Noor Diamond which was now Goddess knows where thanks to a certain pig-headed thief.
Another shiver raced down her spine, this one refusing to leave her unscathed. Goosebumps errupted across the backs of her legs and arms, making her hair stand on end. Raven felt the heart beneath her breast speed up. A waterfall of lip-biting warmth cascaded down her face; the molten lava poured into the pit of her stomach, settling in weighty anticipation.
She slapped a sweaty palm to her feverish forehead, every nerve ending in her body flaring with sickening desire. Of what? She had no idea.
This can't be good. It'll pass....Right?
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Nevermore:
"Lust," Maternal clipped shortly, squaring her stance. The air grew thick with tension, as all knew that no love was lost between the two Emotions staring each other down at the moment.
"What? No hug? After all, I just got out." Lust patronized strutting forward, a distinct sway to her hips. She pouted in a manner that could only be construed as cynically seductive. Maternal scoffed.
"And risk certain disease?" She arched a brow, "I think not."
"Me-ow." Lust sneered. "Relax Mother-hen," She brushed by Maternal making sure to bump shoulders, "I just came to welcome the newbie. She has to be better company than your sundowner self." The scarlet Emotion tossed back stepping out into the meadow. Maternal glared after her enemy, her teeth grinding as she swiveled back to the line of wide-eyed Emotions.
"Who let her out?" She hissed.
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Museum:
"You do know stalking is illegal in all 50 states." Raven mused dryly, her eyes never leaving the string of jadeite beads sitting on the pillow inside the showcase. She reached out and tapped the glass waiting fo-
" You're no fun." Red-X tsked, melting into being from the shadows of a pillar somewhere behind her. "Plus," He tilted his head at the sorceress, his skull mask catching the light, "I was here first. Technically, that means you were stalking me." Raven turned to face the thief, her eyes flashing in the moonlight. "Of course I won't press charges." Red-X waved his hands breezily.
"How kind of you." Raven bristled, silently praying for enough control to defeat her opponent.
"Oh, I can be very kind." He smirked underneath the mask. Raven opened her mouth to retort but was quickly cut off, "Now the way I see it, dear Raven, is that we can do this one of two ways. The easy way or the hard way." He listed with a shrug.
Raven snorted straightening her arms out to her sides.
"How about my way." She pitched, her lips twitching with the hint of a smile as she mentally called upon the powers of her heritage.
Azarath. Metreon. Zinthos.
Raven bit back a cry of accomplishment as the familiar umbra collected at her shoulders, pulsating with dark power.
She swept her arms forward, pushing the coils of demonic energy through her hands. Throbbing trendils snaked off her fingertips, lashing out angrily at the thief in slapdash attacks. Red-X sighed, hand-springing backwards, dancing his way around the sorceress' power.
The hard way it is...
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"Cyborg?" Robin burst into the small circular room, his attention immediatly drawn to the tv screens filling the wall opposite him. All the monitors were either snow or completely off, casting the Security office in an eerie glow. He squinted through the darkness, frowning in alarm at what he saw.
Cyborg...
Robin raced to his fellow Titan's side.
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"Whatever happened to Passive Negotiation?" Red-X mused rhetorically twisting in the air to avoid the Ming Dynasty vase flying at his head at an alarming rate. He visibly winced when he heard it smash into the wall somewhere behind him, flecks of blue dyed glass peppering his back. "That was probably expensive." The thief tsked, waving an accusing finger at the levitating sorceress.
"That was a fake." Raven conveyed, flicking her wrist, a knowing gleam in her eye. "So is this one."
"What on-" His head snapped forward, the mate to the twin vase shattering against his skull, making him see spots. Red-X flew forward on his stomach landing at Ravens feet, her toes hovering inches above him. He rubbed the back of his head, willing away the stars that coyly danced through his vision. The thief pushed himself onto his knees and palms, waiting for the moment when the world would stop spinning.
"What's wrong X," Raven taunted, hands crossing in front of her chest. "Tired all ready?"
"Naw," X looked up, his eyes immediately and appreciatively honing in on creamy expanse of leg she unknowingly sacrificed for his benefit. "Just enjoying the view." He smiled impishly as Raven abruptly floated back, pulling her cloak tighter around her body. The thief cocked his head, standing up on wobbly legs. "Dressing like me now, Sunshine?"
Raven followed the tilt of his head and looked down at the tattered remnants of her hemline, the rest caught dangling in-between the third and forth floor/ceiling of the T-Tower from her teleporting fiasco earlier that evening. Red-X held up his own cape and made a point of eyeing his, hers, and then his again, nodding in plaintive resolution. He sighed.
"Either I'm a trend-setter or that's another symptom of a stalker. Are you sure you have nothing you want to tell me, dollface?"
His answer?
Raven's hands glowed black and blue, the shards of glass vase that surrounded the thief lifted off the ground and encircled him. The jagged points winking dangerously in the moonlight.
"Guess not." Red-X mumbled, regarding the sharp projectiles uneasily.
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Nevermore:
"It's been awhile, Intel." Intelligence winced, turning slowly she plastered a frozen smile on her lips. She silently thanked the Goddess for Maternal's sudden need to take Timidity and Hysteria on a walk to calm them down. The smaller number of Emotional clashes she had to deal with, the better.
"Lust." The yellow Emotion nodded in greeting. "It has been a while since we've last spoken, not since that Malchior incident if I remember correctly." Lust's eyes grew heavy with nostalgia.
"Oh, yes," She drawled, smiling devilishly, "The Dragon. That was fun wasn't it." The scarlet Raven winked. Intelligence, frowned in thought.
"He tried to kill us."
"Details." Lust waved offhandedly, curling a lock of purple around her finger.
"Too bad Raven didn't share your dismissive mentality." Intel rolled her eyes, her tone borderline scornful.
"Quite." Lust narrowed her own eyes. "But if you're worried that I still hold a grudge against you for not stopping her when she locked me away in that awful cage," The scarlet Emotions gaze flashed contemptuously before melting into a plastic smile. "Don't. I forgive you."
"Thanks." Intel cautiously eyed her sister before pulling back in confusion. "How did you get out?" Lust gave her a wolfish grin, wiggling her eyebrows.
"I don't know." She giggled at Intel's astonishment. "The door just opened," Lust snapped her fingers. "Like that. I didn't even have to turn the handle."
"And that doesn't bother you?" Intel questioned uneasily, her mind racing at the implications. If Lust's cage was opened, who else could have been released from confinement? Raven -the real Raven- had made a point to lock away many of the darker psyches of Nevermore. Lust was just the tip of the iceberg.
"Why the hell would it bother me? I got out. Free to smell the flowers as it were." Lust moaned in delight, bending over to scoop up a small bouquet of wild vegetation before wandering off to do Goddess knows what.
Intel shot a worried glance at Rude who just shrugged, leaning back against a nearby tree with her arms crossed.
"Nothing we can do about it now." The orange Emotion stated.
"Yeah," Intelligence shook her head sighing. "Nothing."
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Museum:
"Now, how'd we end up like this, hm?" Red-X gasped between breaths, relatively proud of himself. He thought for certain his ass was a pin cushion back there and yet he continued to surprise himself with his own agility.
Raven snarled, her legs flailing out in all directions as he shifted to get better hold. Man she was pissed. Of course, he would be too if it was he was the one tackled out of mid-hover and thrown to the ground, landing on a smorgasbord of wrecked.
His grip on her wrists tightened as she struggled under him. "You know," He added, hooded eyes traveling downward, taking in their position. "I always did prefer to be on top."
"Get off me now." Raven growled, seething up at her capturer. She could feel every inch of his body stretching over her like a blanket of welcoming night. All shadows and mystery.
Oh Goddess... The Titan visibly paled. The foreign tingles coming back with a vengeance, jump starting her nerves on high.
She hated the way it made her skin tremble where ever his spandex suit rubbed against the bare flesh, her body humming a tune she couldn't follow and he played her like a fiddle.
He practically molded against her frame, effectively trapping her between him and the freezing marble; the contrast of hot and cold playing havoc on her senses. Red-X chuckled darkly, leaning in closer than necessary. She turned her head, avoiding the graze of his mask against her cheek. Raven squeezed her eyes closed, a frown marring the pixie-like features of her face.
"I don't think you're in the position to be making demands, Sunshine." Red-X purred in her ear sending a racking shiver down her spine only to explode out through the bottoms of her feet, like electricity. Her eyes snapped open.
What is wrong with me.... She bit back a moan as he adjusted his hold, his hips rubbing against her in a delicious undulation. The series of knots accumulating in her stomach tightened.
Raven's eyes narrowed, a challenging flame sparking to life within the amethyst depths.
Get a hold of yourself... She chastised. He's a criminal for crying out loud....
A very toned and well formed criminal... A flirtatious voice cooed in the back of her mind, sending jolts of need through her system. Perfectly proportioned in all the right places..... She continued in a come-hither drawl.
Shut up! Raven shook her head, resisting the flash compulsion to rip the tantalizing spandex off of Red-X and see just exactly what he was hiding under there.
With a new air of determination, tricky twist of her arms and roll of her hips, their positions were switched; he flat on his back and she straddling his waist pinning his wrists by his shoulders while her legs locked around the top of his thighs ending with her feet curling in at his knees to prevent him from bucking. Red-X looked up at her in a daze, his head slumping back against the floor in a lewd euphoria.
That's more like it... He licked his lips behind the blank mask.
"You keep pulling moves like that, sweet heart, and I just might have to steal you." He sighed languidly, "I admire a woman who can take charge."
She could hear the grin in his breathy statement and weathered the overwhelming urge to wrap her hands around his neck.
"Another word and I swear on everything holy I'll-"
"You'll what?" He arched his back knowing just how to push her limits, "I love it when you talk di- Gaahhh!"
"I warned you," Raven rolled her eyes admonishingly. She jumped to her feet leaving Red-X to curl on his side, both hands flying southward to cup his member. "That's the only position you'll be boasting at my expense." The sorceress lifted a slim brow, a smile tugging at the corners of her mouth as she brushed dust and rubbish off her cloak.
"I think," He coughed between wheezing gasps, "You have an extremely unhealthy obsession with my manhood, darling." He swallowed back a tinge of acidic bile. Red-X felt the air pulsate around him, a distinct black shadow encasing his body and thrusting him from the ground.
As he flew head first through the air, something in his mind registered that perhaps perversion wasn't exactly working in his favor. He pulled his knees tight into his chest, rolling in air to plant his feet against the wall and pushed off with counter force successfully launching himself back into the debris field of glass, wood, paintings, x's, and last but certainly not least, a feisty little Titan standing at the heart, arms ready.
Pulling out an X and palming it for quick use, he sighed.
Time for Plan B.....
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First Beast Boy and then Cyborg.... Robin shook his head defeatedly, running for the Ancient Civilizations wing. He couldn't get the image of his cybernetic teammate's electrocuted body slumped over the keyboard of the Security room, out of his mind; a giant red X latched onto the circuit board of his back. The smell of burnt plastic and sizzled alloy haunted Robins nose, making it itch.
"Come on Starfire," The leader bit the inside of his cheek, eyes skimming over the wax figurines of Egyptian rulers. He stopped short, ears straining through the dark.
'Auggh.....Auggh....Auggh...'
Was that breathing? Robin walked forward deeper into the Egyptian exhibit. He weaved through various glass cases holding cracked vases, gold trinkets.
'Auggh.....Auggh....Auggh...'
It was getting louder as he approached the larger displays. These ones holding pottery depicting ancient life and scrolls of deteriorating papyrus.
'Auggh.....Auhmmggh...Auggh...'
Louder still.
What is that? Robin tightened his grip around the ready bowstaff, the leather of his gloves creaking under the stress. His masked eyes darted back and forth between the array of sarcophagi lining him on both sides.
Snefru..Reneb Nebra..Horus Aha..
The mysterious sound grew louder with each passing funeral box.
Menkaure..Inyotef I..Neferusobek..
'AUGGH.....AUGGH...AUGGH...'
Was this another trap? Robin blinked away the sweat that pooled at the corners of his eyes. Where was Starfire? Did she even make it this far? Or did X catch her earlier in the hunt? The questions flared as did Robin's anger.
'AUGGH.....AUGGH...'
What the hell was that noise! Robin ground his teeth, his muscles tensed to react at even the slightest of foreign movement. He slowly 360'd as he continued to stalk further into the room.
'AUGGH....Robin....'
Said teen froze mid-step. The titan's eyes danced between the sarcophagi, furrowing in surprise.
Merenhor..Nikare..Starfire..Ibi I..Nefe-
Wait.
Robin peddled backwards, stalling in front of a partially opened sarcophagi.
'AUGGH.....AUGGH...'
Starfire. It was Starfire. And she was snoring.
Robin pressed his forehead into the glass shell separating he and his 'missing' teammate. He closed his eyes and sighed hopelessly, bringing up a fist to half-heartedly pound the case. The titan leader grimaced as another snore ripped it's way out of Starfire's mouth. He watched the alien smile in unconscious content as she shifted in her sleep, the ancient coffin she slept in creaking beneath her.
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Raven growled rubbing her eyes, blinking away the the spots in her vision courtesy of a well aimed flash bomb.
"That's it!" She hissed, squaring her shoulders. From the shadows, Red-X let out a taunting laugh.
"Awe, did I ruffle the little birdy's feathers?"
Raven took a deep breath,
"AZARATH. METREON. ZINTHOS!" She shouted into the room.
...
......
"Well, that was... Anticlimactic." X drawled from his spot leaning against a pillar, nonchalantly flipping a shuriken with his fingers like it was coin.
Raven lifted her hands to her face glaring at them as if they betrayed her. Which in truth they did. She shook the appendages fruitlessly.
Oh, Come On!.... Azarath. Metreon. Zinthos.
...
"Not now!" She hissed, forgetting her surroundings.
Red-X watched with raised brows as the sorceress proceeded to squawk bitterly at her arms. He cleared his throat pocketing his weapon.
"Um, Sunshine?"
"You stupid, worthless -Uggh!- Why is this happening...." Raven continued to rant.
He edged closer to the object of his affections, hesitantly reaching out.
"Sunshine?" He tapped her on the shoulder.
"What did I do- What!?" She whirled on X mid rant, eyes flashing dangerously. Said thief took a quick jump back, out of hitting distance.
"Are you okay?" He questioned.
"Just perfect." Raven spat. "Why do you ask?"
"Because you're holding a one-sided conversation with your hands.... And apparently losing." Red-X mused slowly, ignoring his enemy's warning glare.
"X," Amethyst eyes narrowed threateningly. "I don't have time fo-" Raven yelped buckling over and grabbing her head in pain. Her agonized scream echoed through the empty halls of the museum and beyond. And then-
Nothing......
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Nevermore:
"What's going on?" Intelligence snapped her book closed, jumping to her feet as the trees began to thrash violently; petals, leaves, and dirt bursting into the air only to be carried off by the hale winds. She pulled her cloak tighter about her shoulders, closing her eyes against the swirling pockets of debris that littered the air.
"I don't know!" Rude shouted through the roaring gusts, folding Timidity into her own orange cloak. The skies grew dark creating a line of shadow that slowly crawled across the wind-torn meadow swallowing all of Nevermore in a layer of inky shade.
"This can't be good!" Deception squinted in the darkness, pulling her hood over her head. She absently registered Annoying taking her hand, squeezing it like a life line.
Then, just as the wind started, it stopped leaving an iron curtain of oppressive silence.
"Nobody move." Intelligence warned from somewhere in the dark. "It's not ove-"
She heard before she felt the overpowering wave of energy cut through the air snapping her head back, ripping through her core and body leaving her breathless. As it passed, so did the shadow, the meadow once again bathed in sunlight as if nothing happened; birds took up their songs once more, bees buzzed over head carrying pollen to and fro.
Intel and the other Emotions throughout Nevermore collapsed onto their knees, their legs buckling under the weight of change.
"What the hell was that?" Rude growled, grabbing her head from her crouched position next to Deception.
"I-I d-don't l-l-like th-this." Timidity whimpered, an unfamiliar sensation burrowing into her system.
"Is this wrong?" Deception shakily kneeled, fists clenching the grass to gain some semblance of balance.
"I don't know." Intelligence breathed, struggling to stand.
"Whatever it was, it's gone now." Lethargy yawned, plucking a twig from her hair before rolling onto her stomach and cushioning her head with her folded arms.
"Yeah, gone." The yellow Emotion dusted off her book, unable to shake the unease niggling away at her thoughts.
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A/N: If you want to know what happened, you have to review! Hope this chapter wasn't too confusing for you! I hope Raven and X weren't to OOC this chapter. If they were, I'm sorry, I'm trying to keep them in character as much as possible and still make the flexible to work with the plot line....
Happy Reading : )
~Ambrosia
