Hey! So sorry again about the whole Author's Note thing. And to just get this straight: This is the seventh chapter of Connections. Okay, now that that's over with, let's get on with the story!
Disclaimer: Try again later, I still don't own the Teen Titans.
I would like to dedicate this chapter to one of my best friends. This goes to you, Tsubasarocks!
"Hey, what the hell are you doing in my room?"
Raven whipped her head around and saw the owner of the room standing in front of the closed doorway. Her eyes went wide when she saw his eyes turn bright orange. His lips smacked open to reveal grinding teeth.
"I specifically told you. I did not want you to go into my room." His voice was low and lethal, actually quite frightening.
"I…" Raven was basically speechless. She wanted to teleport herself out of there, oh so bad, but she was actually a little freaked out. She would never admit it, but her heart was thumping so loud that she was sure Boy Wonder's ears could hear it.
" 'I' what? You should never have co-" Raz cut himself off when he saw the velvet box in Raven's small gray hand, and the golden ring on the ground. Raz looked back up at her, fire in his eyes. Raven didn't budge. Raz then turned to her. "You should never have come in here. You're not supposed to see this."
Raven found her voice box and she began to speak. "I'm not supposed to see what? That your room is covered in pictures, and posters, and notes about me? That you're obsessed?"
"Raven, why did you come in here?"
Raven didn't know how to answer. So she didn't. And that just gave Raz more time to come closer to her.
"Raven, I am not obsessed with you. Soon, it will all make sense."
"You're damn right it will make sense soon! It better make sense right now!"
"Raven, calm down. Getting worked up doesn't help anything."
"You're not here for Cyborg, are you? I bet you don't even know him."
"Of course not. I'm here for you."
"Well, fat chance." She lifted her hands in the air, and started chanting her mantra. She didn't notice Raz snap his fingers.
"Azarath, Metrion, ZINTHOS!" Her open palms shot out, but nothing happened. Her eyes stayed amethyst, and her palms remained gray. "My powers… What did you do?" Raven accusingly asked Raz.
"Oops, did I do that? Sorry, I guess I must have forgotten to tell you that I can turn your powers off. Sorta like an on/off switch, you know?"
"No, you can't."
"Raven, face the facts. You can't use your powers. I can." She looked into his usual piercing sapphire eyes, but only saw a rusty orange.
He calmly opened up his right fist and said, "I know I said I felt horrible for blasting you earlier, and I feel horrible for it now, but some things just have to be done. Sorry. "
Raven sneered at him.
"See you in the morning, Rae. Sweet dreams." He then stuck his left palm out and chanted, "Bom Boris Barda!" A skinny streak of red shot out of his palms and smacked Raven in the chest, sending her flying backwards.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
A hard pounding was heard on the door. "What the hell is going on? Can't a decent guy get some sleep once in a while?" Beast Boy raved.
"Oh shut up! I'm not in the mood for your whining!" Raz screeched. He hated Beast Boy. He hated him straight to the bone. He had only known him for a day and he already hated him. He could tell by the way he looked at Raven. He could tell by the way he would sit next to her, and talk to her, and he could tell when his dopey smile crossed his face. He liked her. Big time. Well, that was all gonna change now. Raven was his, so what if Beast Boy was more her age? So what if she might actually like him back? Which she didn't of course. He and Raven were already matched, and no one could get in the way of that. Not even destiny.
"Well can you keep the crap down? Some people actually sleep at night!" Beast Boy kept pounding on the door.
Raz ran over to Raven, and whispered. "Just because I'm not empathic doesn't mean I can't tell you're scared.." A slight moan came from Raven as he opened up a portal. "See you in a bit." He then tossed her through the portal, and it closed.
Robin, Cyborg, Starfire, and Beast Boy were all around the door, asking about the noise. Raz opened the door and stared at the faces of the four Titans. "What do you want?" Raz asked.
"Uh, I don't know, maybe, uh, SHUT UP!" Beast Boy said.
"Yeah man, what's going on in there?" Cyborg asked.
"Did someone attack?" Robin asked, his face showing no sign of tiredness.
Before Raz could make up a lie, Starfire said, "Please, where is friend Raven? She is usually the first one up when there is a ruckus."
Raz waved it off. "She's probably in her room."
"May we check?" Starfire asked.
"If you're asking for a death sentence, then sure, go right ahead." Cyborg muttered under his breath. He knew that one of Raven's most important rules was: Never wake her up unless it's absolutely necessary.
"That is kinda strange." Beast Boy said glancing around. Raz glared at him. "I'm gonna go check." Beast Boy added, and went walking down the hall.
He knocked on her door, well aware that the others were right behind him. No response.
"Hey, Rae? You in there? I don't want to wake you, but everyone was woken up from the commotion in Raz's room," he said 'Raz' with acid dripping off every letter, "And since you weren't up, we got kinda worried so we came to see if you were alright." Still no response. "Alright, I'm coming in."
Beast Boy slid open her door, and slowly stepped in. "Raven?" Starfire called out into the darkness of the room.
"Shh!" They all hushed her.
Beast Boy kept walking until he reached the foot of the bed, and he leaned down to touch where he thought she might be laying.
"Raven? Are you in here?" Beast Boy whispered. He felt around for a light switch, and when he felt a lamp, he turned the knob until the room became engulfed with brightness. He looked over to her bed, and saw only mussed sheets. His ears drooped as he turned around and headed back out.
He saw Robin, Cyborg, and Raz, but no Starfire. Then, as if on queue, she entered with the same look Beast Boy had on. "She is not present in the living room or kitchen." Starfire said.
"She ain't in the bathroom either." Cyborg said, who had previously checked the bathroom for her. He knocked of course.
"She's not in her bedroom." Beast Boy sighed.
"There's no where else in the house. We know she's not in any of our bedrooms, since we all just came from there. Unless she was in Raz's, there was a lot of commotion going on in your room; that's what woke us up in the first place." Robin thought aloud.
Beast Boy glared at Raz as he asked, "Was she in your room?"
"No." He answered, plain and simple.
"Then she's gone," Cyborg said. "But where? Why would she leave?"
Starfire's eyes then closed shut as she fell backwards making gagging noises.
"Starfire!" Robin said, rushing over to her. He gently lifted her up by her shoulders and asked, "Are you okay?
Her eyes popped open, only they weren't her eyes. Starfire's eyes weren't green anymore, these eyes were purple.
"Help me." She said in a hoarse, monotone whisper. Her eyes then shut tight again as she slowly breathed. Her eyes slowly opened, revealing their normal lime. She sat up and rubbed her head.
"Star, are you okay?" Robin asked again.
She looked up at him, her eyes full of confusion. "It is Raven." She said, looking around. "She entered my mind, and she had asked for our help."
"But Raven never asks for help." Beast Boy said.
"She said that she needed help, that someone has taken her." Starfire said, her lime eyes clashing with Beast Boy's emerald eyes.
"Who took her?" Cyborg asked, bending down next to Starfire.
"She did not say." Starfire bowed down her head, and she started to silently weep. Beast Boy looked up at Raz, his face full of disgust and hatred. The other three Titans followed his gaze, and soon they were all looking at Raz.
"What?" He spat, walking away.
