Ello, duckies! I return to you!
I'm not gonna make this long, but just wanted to say *sniff sniff* why aren't you reviewing me? *sniff*
I thought i was special!
Anyway, sorry this took so long to finish, had A LOT of school work to finish; and I'm still not done, i just figured this was way more fun!
Disclaimer: Anyway, u guys know i dont own anything so I dont even know why this little disclaimer is necessarily.
A Test Of Faith
-TT-
Raven closed her eyes tight when she heard the glass shattering. This was it. This was how it ended. In a room surrounded by friends who cared about her (one in which she didn't care back to, as much as she tried to tell herself that the person had done nothing wrong to her) and a crush she'd liked since they had first met.
A enormous force, seemingly some hard surface, pushed her far back across the room. She hit her back on the island and fell to the ground. Less worried about the pain in her back, she was more concerned about the loud explosion, though muffled, sounding off around her. Yet, she felt no fire, no heat, none of the actual explosion.
She figured that she, unfortunately, must've subconsciously protected herself. By this time though, her friends were probably long gone and were a lost cause to try and save. She'd look around to check, but her body refused to allow her to open her eyes.
Within a few more seconds, all sounds ceased. Still afraid to open her eyes, she pinched her arm, making sure she was okay and alive. The only difference in anything was the temperature. Within the last 3 or 4 seconds, the temperature felt as if it had sky rocketed. She began to sweat profusely. Although extremely gross, it was the least of her problems.
Using all the will power she had, she cracked open her right eye. A drop of sweat from her forehead slipped into her eye, stinging with it's salty liquid. She rubbed it wearily, but fully opened both her eyes just in time to see a white shield fall.
Immediately, a cold breeze from the outside blew in, drying the sweat on her. Her spirits rose a little. The shield had been up. Robin and Starfire had done it, but how much were they able to protect?
Raven knew shields, and holding one up in immense heat was hard. It took extreme concentration and control to be able to focus on trying to make sure none of the heat seeped through, because when hers was up in high temperatures, heat normally seeped through. Her shields always ended up burning or something. Two people like Robin and Starfire weren't experienced enough to know this and neither had the ability to focus on something such as a shield when a missile was about to blow them up. They had no clue how to even make one. Yet they did, she reminded herself. Even if it were just her and them left, they save someone.
Pulling her cloak tighter around herself to hide from the frigid wind that was blowing in, she looked for signs of her friends. There were no signs of where the window was besides the glass that was all over the floor. Where the windows was was now just a gaping hole looking out towards the city.
After hearing a groan, she wiped around. Everything was clouded and foggy from the fallen ceiling and the destruction, but after seeing an arm move beneath a chunk of fallen debris, she could care less.
She used her powers to lift up whatever was laying on the arm. She blew out a breath of relief when she saw that it was green.
Beast Boy sat up when all of the weight was off him. He coughed a bit from all the smoke and dust but besides that, he felt completely fine, and a little sore. Looking up, he realized that it was Raven who had helped him. She held out a hand to him which he tentatively accepted. She gave a pull and helped him stand up.
"You okay, Rae?" he asked, despite the fact that she seemed completely fine.
"I'm fine. You?" he nodded his head and shivered, noticing the entire wall was gone.
He noticed that Raven was now lifting debris with her powers and searching around. Catching on, he turned into a hound dog and began sniffing around. If he and Raven were okay, then the rest of the team had to be.
He knew the teams scent better than anyone else's. He could always smell them before he saw them. Even Robin and Blue Jay had different smells, although it sometimes took him a minute to determine which one was which.
Picking up on a familiar one, he quickly turned into a honey badger and lifted up a piece of wood where the smell was the strongest. After changing into a bear and removing a large piece of granite that had been blown off the island, he found Cyborg.
His eyes were open, but he only seemed to be dazed. Besides a few scratches and a dent in his chest armor from the granite, he seemed completely fine.
"Cy?" Beast Boy asked, poking the human part of Cyborgs arm. "Hey, Cyborg?"
He turned his head towards Raven when he heard coughing, only to fine that Blue Jay was the cause. He was sitting up, seemingly fine. Turning his attention back to Cyborg, he poked him again.
"Man," came Cyborg's voice "If you dont quite pokin' me imma take ya tiny green butt and toss it in garbage disposer."
Despite being warned not to touch, Beast Boy couldn't help but give Cyborg a large hug.
"Dude!" he screamed.
Cyborg returned it, but less touchy as Beast Boy had been.
"Help me up, man." he said as Beast Boy transformed into a elephant and let Cyborg grab his trunk. "Yall know it's gonna take a little more than a toy missile to take me out."
The floor cracked and gave in under Beast Boy in elephant form. He quickly turned into a humming bird to avoid falling to his death.
"Yo!" Cyborg screamed "Did chu just break my floor?"
"There are hole everywhere!" Beast Boy returned, back in his human form. "Why does this one matter?"
Before they could get any further in the conversation Blue Jay split them apart.
"There are still two missing." he said in a low voice.
Both Cyborg and Beast Boy shut up at his tone. Everyone knew not to mess with Blue Jay when it came to his brother and vise versa. Robin was just as protective when it came to Starfire as well and she vise versa. It all made Beast Boy's head hurt when he thought about it too much. Robin was protective of Blue Jay and Blue Jay him, but Starfire was also protective of Robin and him her, but then Starfire was protective of everyone, including Beast Boy himself.
Shaking his head at the confusion, he continued to sniff around. The scents he was looking for was everywhere. He just had to find where it was the strongest and follow that. That would lead him to where they were last and eventually the bodies. No, not bodies he thought. That just sounded like he already expected them to be dead. The smell would lead him to his friends. Yes, that was better.
"Found my brother." Blue Jay said through grit teeth. He was trying to get a piece of the couch that had been blown across the room off of his unconscious brother.
Beast Boy turned into a Tyrannosaurus Rex and removed the couch for him, quickly turning back into a human before the floor broke again.
"Don't touch him." Raven snapped, letting a piece of debris fall to the ground and out of her powers.
Blue Jay tilted his head at her, clearly confused.
"Here's Star," Cyborg said, only a foot or so away from where Blue Jay was standing next to his brother.
"Don't touch her either." Raven said.
"Why not Rae," Beast Boy asked "I can see there breathing. They're alive and okay, just like us."
He placed a hand on Robin arm, just to prove his point, but after a second or two he jumped back screaming and holding his hand.
Raven grabbed him by his arm and made him stay still. She wasn't surprised when she found that he had a 2nd degree burn.
"I told you." she said plainly and began healing him, as Blue Jay and Cyborg came to see. "They are remotely connected to the shield."
"You mean the one you told us about earlier and all that stuff about the presence and stuff?" Beast Boy asked.
"Why didn't they tell us again?" Blue Jay asked.
"I told you." Raven said, finishing healing Beast Boy "They were meditating. Anyway, they are loosely connected to the shield. When the fire from the explosion hit the shield it heated their skin as well, but when the shield is up their skin is as safe and strong as the actual shield. They weren't experienced enough to know how to keep the heat from getting through the shield. That's why the place is a mess now. They could of protected the entire tower, but neither are strong enough yet. In time, though, they'll be able to hold a stronger shield for longer. I think-"
She was cut off by a shake the tower gave. I lurched from under their feet and the four of them fell onto their butts.
"The tower's not safe." Blue Jay said, looking as a fresh layer of dust fall from the ceiling.
"Well we cant have that now can we?" Cyborg said, standing up. "BB and I got this. You two help Rob and Star."
He dragged a protesting Beast Boy out the common room to make sure the foundation and supports weren't too damaged.
Blue Jay shook his head and stood, helping Raven up as well. Making his way over to his brother and Starfire, he noticed that both were awake and was leaning heavily into a burned up trashcan. A grotty smell was emanating from the area, proving that they weren't leaning in the trash for nothing. He tried to ignore the retching sound of their combined vomiting with every being in him.
"Why are they sick?" he asked Raven.
She shrugged "Too much power exertion."
When they finally pulled their heads out the trashcan they were hot and sweaty. Blue Jay laid a careful, glove-less hand on Robins arm. He pulled it back out of caution but laid it on his arm again when he found that it was warm, but not hot. He helped them into a sitting position and went to check to see if the water was still running.
At first black, murky, water came from the faucet but it eventually cleared out, allowing clean water to flow. After a simple test to make sure the water was indeed clean, he pulled to cups from the cabinets that had no doors on them and filled the cups.
When he turned around, he found that Raven was using her powers trying to keep the two from falling onto their backs. Blue Jay handed Raven one of the cups and sat on the floor next to Starfire, where he had to help her drink her water.
"They'll get their strength back." Raven said, trying to get Robin to hold his arms up long enough to drink for himself "Their just a little tired."
"How long will it take for them to get back to normal?" Blue Jay asked.
Raven shrugged. "Because they share one anothers abilities now, they may need to recover as Robin would need, with lots of rest, or like Starfire would need, with sunlight. I doubt they'll need both, though. But since it's been rainy lately and not much sun has been out, it may take longer than usual."
Blue Jay nodded, though he knew she was probably to busy holding the cup for Robin to notice.
"We need to get them out of the cold." Blue Jay said, noticing that Starfire's arms were filled with goosebumps and her forehead was still slick with sweat. "They'll be sick."
"No," Raven said, standing up "You need to get them out the cold."
"Where are you going?" Blue Jay asked, watching her make her way over the ruins and towards the common room door.
"I have something I need to do." she said simply.
"And what am I supposed to?" Blue Jay asked, annoyed that Raven was leaving him with both Robin and Starfire.
"I dont know." Raven answered "Give them a bath or something. They're a mess."
"A bath?" Blue Jay screamed. "Raven. Starfire's a girl. I cant give her a bath. That's totally wrong. Besides, I dont give my brother a bath."
Raven decided she wasn't going to justify his outburst with a response. So she walked to the door, careful when it fell down instead of swish open and made her way to her room. She had some thinking and meditating she was long overdue for.
Blue Jay sat for a moment, staring at the fallen door. They did smell horribly like whatever they had just vomited. And some of it was in Starfire's hair. They were still wearing those burnt up clothes. And, they did have dust and dirt all over them. But how would he get them up the stairs since there was no elevator? And then what, just put them in the shower with their clothes on? He surely wasn't stripping them down and changing them. He may have considered it if was only his brother. They were twins. Anything Robin had, Blue Jay was sure to have as well. But...Starfire was a girl. A very very beautiful girl that he just happened to have a small crush on. He knew it would be an entire evasion of her privacy, but at the same time, she was always so open about everything. Would she mind? He wasn't sure if he was skittish or if he felt as if the temptation would be to much, but either way, she needed to be cleaned and Beast Boy nor Cyborg and especially not Raven was willing to do it.
He picked up Robin and carried him into the hallway then went back for Starfire. Deciding he'd take Starfire up first, he at least wanted to get his brother out the direct line of the wind.
He opened up the stair doors and looked up the many flights. He had to pass a lot of floors to get to Star and Robins level, and he had to do it twice. Breathing out a heavy sigh, he began climbing the stairs.
-ATOF-
Cyborg finally let go of Beast Boy's collar as he got to the basement. The boy squirmed, but didn't leave. The lights weren't working and Cyborg knew BB well enough to know that his best friend wouldn't leave him in a cold, dark basement alone.
"It's colder down here than it is upstairs." Beast Boy said, turning into a polar bear for warmth.
"It's called convection." Cyborg said, flipping on his shoulder light "You know. Hot air rises, cold air sinks."
Before Beast Boy could answer a loud clang sounded behind him. Turning into a possum, he looked around with his night vision, ready to make fun of whatever Cyborg dropped.
"Man, will you just stop touchin' stuff and look for any cracks or something."
Beast Boy turned back into a human.
"Dude, I didn't touch anything. I thought you did."
Beast Boy saw Cyborgs light turn towards him.
"What do you mean you didn't touch anything. Things dont just fall on their own."
"I know. I'm just saying, it wasn't me who made it."
"You know what im thinking?" Cyborg said, readying his sonic cannon.
"Yup." Beast Boy said "RUN!"
He turned into a cheetah, ready to make a dash for the stairs, but Cyborg grabbed him by the scruff of his neck before he could take one step.
"Naw man, something aint right here."
"Your tellin me!" Beast Boy screamed "What isn't right is the fact that were still down here, when we should be up stairs."
Cyborg dropped Beast Boy as he flipped his arm open and began a search for life forms in the tower. Beast Boy turned into a raccoon, still looking for the source of the clank. Looking towards the stairs, he realized that a tool box had fallen.
"Hey, its just a toolbox." Beast Boy said, back as a human again.
Cyborg shinned his light towards the stairs.
"We must of bumped it or something when we came down the steps." Said Beast Boy, relieved that it wasn't something too serious.
Continuing his previous search for cracks, Beast Boy ignored when Cyborg's arm began beeping.
"Um...BB?" Cyborg asked, his voice cracking a bit.
"Yeah dude?"
Before Cyborg could continue, the basement lights came on, burning both BB's and Cyborgs eyes.
"Well, at least-" Cyborg stopped short.
Apparently, the two weren't alone. Not by a long shot. All around him where teens, it seemed. Not that he was sure. Each kid had a hoodie on with the hood up, effectively hiding their faces, minus their lips, that each seemed to be smirking at him. They all had on the same color skinny jeans, but the hoodies were all different colors.
"Hey, yall." Cyborg said, a drop of sweat dripping down his forehead.
"Where is the Tameranian and the one called Robin." spoke a female.
Cyborg searched for the person who spoke, but there were so many kids he couldn't tell which one it was. And then there was the hood down thing, and the fact that they all looked like boys to him.
Suddenly it sounded as if a million clicks sounded off at the same time and before Cyborg or Beast Boy knew it, all the kids had guns pointed at them.
Beast Boy scoffed at them.
"Come on dudes. Guns? Robin drills us in on how to avoid being shot almost every day. Besides, I doubt either of you can shoot a lady bug."
Beast Boy tuned into a small lady bug and flew a circle around Cyborg's head.
One of the teens stepped forward, his creepy smirk never leaving his face. He took the small black gun that was previously pointed at Beast Boy and aimed it at the ground. He never turned his head away from Beast Boy or Cyborg as he clicked the safety of the gun. The rest of the teens seemed to subconsciously take a small step back. Cyborg was on the verge of saying something when a loud bang was heard. It seemed to shake the tower almost as much as the explosion did.
-ATOF-
Blue Jay set Robin in the shower next to Starfire. He was out of breath from carrying the two, but he had done it. Apparently, they didn't like being separated. So he had to leap frog with them, taking one up some stairs and going back for the other. But, he had no doubt in his mind that the two would do the same for him.
He made them sit cross legged, so they didn't take up as much room. Both Starfire and Robin was able to sit up on their own now, but they both wobbled back and forth a bit, and the kept their arms wrapped around themselves with their heads down making their dirty hair cascade in front of their faces.
Blue Jay turned the hot water on full blasts, but flinched when he realized that he hadn't allowed it warm up. Both Robin and Starfire seemed to fold into themselves even more than they had already been when the cold water began to drench them and their clothes. He started to turn off the water and allow it to heat up, but steam was already starting to build up and he figure it would be warm soon enough anyway.
Blue Jay sat on the floor, leaning against the vanity. His hair was starting to get weighed down, but the steam helped loosen his tensed muscles and the warmth was welcome after being so cold in the common room. His mind played many replays of what had happened a little over 20 minutes ago. The whole situation was getting more real everyday.
Someone was seriously after Starfire and his brother, but for the life of him he couldn't figure out why or who. Someone who obviously wanted them dead. The last attempts on them had been pretty lame, though. Fire, trashed room, elevator crashes, weird kisses that resulted in some presence that Raven did a horrible job explaining. All of the scenarios, while still very deadly, weren't anything neither Starfire nor Robin couldn't handle. But maybe that was the point. Maybe this was a test, or a way for the two to learn something. Or maybe they were falling into a trap.
Blue Jay tried to think. What was something they had learned after every incident? Shaking his head, he decided to think about it another time. For now he'd just revel in the fact that he wasn't dead. The thought that his brother had powers now was still new to him, but he decided he'd think about that later, too.
Once he figured they had been in the shower long enough, he rolled up his sleeved and squirted Starfire's shampoo into his hand. He couldn't help but think that this was going to be fun. Running his hands through her beautiful red locks was nothing short of something he had only dreamed about. And better yet, he was doing it next to his brother...and he had an excuse!
Her hair was just getting lathery when a loud explosion seemed to shake the tower. Quickly rinsing out the suds and soap, Blue Jay turned off the shower. He cracked open the bathroom door and poked his head out. Nothing was wrong as far as he could see, but he took out his communicator just to be sure. He called Cyborg first. When he didn't answer, he called Raven and then Beast Boy, but none where answering.
He looked back at Starfire and Robin, who were beginning to shake again from the lack of warm water.
-ATOF-
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos."
Raven whispered to herself. She was currently floating in the void of space, or at least in her mind. Rock formations floated all around her and she was currently sitting on one with a odd tree on it. This was her happy place. Her place to be peaceful and unbothered. A place for her to clear her mind. She figured this was the only place she had left, now that Robin and Starfire knew about her hidden paradise. They'd probably be in there more than she was and-
She was rudely pulled from her mind, her vision breaking and falling away like shattered glass. She was thrust into her dark room and fell onto her bed with a small bounce. Something big and loud had just rocked the tower tremendously. Though previous accounts would prove wrong, the tower was actually very sturdy. It took a lot of force to move it, especially like it had just been rocked.
Curious of what the noise and shaking was all about she spread her mind out and searched for her friends.
Starfire and Robins mind were the first she searched for. Oddly, they seemed in sync with each other. They weren't thinking anything particular, if anything at all. It almost seemed as if they were in a trance. One much like the one she went into to heal herself. If wouldn't surprise her if they were in a trance, trying to gain back some of the energy they had lost.
The closest to them was Blue Jay. He seemed to be oddly curious about something and yet he had a worry that was increasingly growing. Whatever he was doing was beginning to feel urgent to him.
It took a bit longer, but she finally found Beast Boys mind. It seemed completely blown away, as if something incredible had just happened. His body seemed still, but more from fright than anything.
Raven, is that you?
Raven jumped up, scared. A pillow behind her blew up and she took a calming breath, ignoring the feathers that floated down all around her.
Beast Boy?
She didn't know he knew when she was in his mind. It was a bit embarrassing, but at the same time she was surprised at how easy he seemed to keep his focus long enough to speak to her.
Rae, can you hear me? He asked
Yes, Beast Boy I can hear you. Whats going on?
Raven, listen to me. You have to get Starfire and Robin out of the tower.
Beast Boy, whats going on?
Trust me Rae, get them out, and then you get out.
Beast Boy, whats going on?
You know that guy who broke in? Yeah, he has friends with really weird guns.
I'm coming to get you and Cyborg. Try and stall for time, I have to tell Blue Jay first.
She didn't give Beast Boy enough time to answer before she flew out her door and into the stair case. Flying at top speed, it didn't take her very long to get to Starfire and Robins level. She flew straight down the hall and typed in the override code and rushed into the bathroom.
She knew she had scared Blue Jay by the way he slipped on the soaking wet rug that Starfire and Robin were standing on. He had a towel in his hand and was trying to dry Starfire's hair.
"Oh, thank gosh your here." he breathed "I have no idea what to do with her hair. If you haven't noticed, my hair isn't that long." he shook his wet hair for emphasis.
"Look." Raven said trying to pull Robin out the door. "We have to get them out of here. Someones here is trying to get them. Move ROBIN!"
It was almost comical watching Raven attempt to pull Robin out the door. Obviously she had underestimated his strength because he didn't even seem to be putting up much effort. It was when Raven began to use her powers did he really begin to freak. He dug his heels into the ground, determined not to move.
"Raven stop-" Blue Jay said, moving Starfire up besides Robin "They dont like to be separated."
"I. Don't. Care." Raven said, putting Robin in a black bubble.
"Rae, listen to me." Blue Jay said, "I dont know, but when their in this trance, they can, like, do stuff. Your going to get hurt if you dont let them be."
Raven rolled her eyes. Puh-lease.
She made her way down the hallway, with Robin in tact. But she didn't get 2 feet before she felt her hold on him dwindle. Turning around, she realized that the bubble Robin was in had a tiny white crack in it. Steadily, the tiny crack multiplied and soon her black orb had vanished completely.
She dropped to her knees as her concentration and power hold broke. She looked up at Robin, through his mask she could see that his eyes were glowing a neon green, just as Starfire's did. He didn't attack her any further though, not that he did the first time. He was only trying to get free. He spun on his heels and walked back towards the bathroom, where Blue Jay was pushing a still soaking wet Starfire.
"Told you not to separate them." he said, as he watched Starfire grab Robin hand.
"I dont have time for this." Raven said, pushing the three of the down the hall, careful to make sure two were together. "I'll meet you at the Jump City park, okay? First I gotta rescue Cyborg and Beast Boy."
"Rescue?" Blue Jay asked "I'm not gonna play babysitter while you go and risk your life. If your going, im going."
"Don't be stupid." she countered "I know how to get them in and out without putting up any fight."
"You'll need backup then."
"No I won't. I need you to make sure the two of them are safe."
She put the three of them on a black disk and made a portal to get them through the wall and down to the ground. "Take the T-Car."
With that, she sent the three of them though the wall and down to the ground.
Blue Jay wasted no time in getting Robin and Starfire to the garage. He had to be quick, luckily though, as long as Starfire and Robin were at least close, they moved as fast as he wanted them to. He nervously made his way to the garage. It was just above the basement, where all action was apparently happening.
He wondered if they were fighting, wishing he was there to assist them. He supposed not. Raven did say she wanted to get in and out without a fight.
Grabbing the keys off the shelf and getting Robin and Starfire in the car, he put the keys into the ignition. That's when he realized something. He didn't know how to drive. A motorcycle, sure, but a car was completely different. He had been driven around his whole life, and now he was just about shoved into a car with no real knowledge of how to drive it. Where was the throttle?
Oh, why didn't he pay attention whenever Cyborg drove? Or Alfred? Or Bruce? Now here he was, completely clueless. But, how hard could it be, right? Really all he needed to know was brakes and gas. Go and stop. Simple.
He turned the keys and took the car out of park. That much was easy. Mirrors are adjusted, seat belts are on. Well, his is. He didn't have time to put Starfire's or Robins on. Blue Jay eased his foot onto the gas. It lurched forwards, nearly giving him a heart attack. Slowly. Slowly. He reminded himself. Who knows what Cyborg had installed into the car. He'd just make sure not to say things like 'bomb' and 'shoot' aloud.
Easing his foot down again, the car gradually drifted forward. Gaining a bit of confidence, he pushed down a bit harder, he was kinda in a rush. He was comfortable at 25 by time he reached the end of the underground tunnel.
As comfortable as he felt driving, he still had a nagging feeling that he had abandoned his friends. Left them for dead. Skipped out and made a getaway. He shook his head. No, he wanted to stay but Raven made him go. She said he was more needed here. He stole a glance in the rear view mirror. So far everything seemed normal. The tower was still standing, though barely. Holes were everywhere, especially the kitchen area. Smoke and debris was still coming out, falling onto the sand or getting lost in the wind.
But for the most part, everything was okay. Tower was still standing. There were still lights on. Starfire and Robin were making out. It wasn't raining. Raven was going to get Beast Boy and-
Blue Jay swerved on the road as he looked in the rear view mirror again. Sure enough, Starfire and Robin were seriously attacking each others faces. Really, their first kiss in a car? That hardly seemed like a Robin thing and even less like a Dick thing. He'd never admit it to anyone, but Dick was a serious romantic. If anything, he'd want his first kiss with the prettiest girl on the planet to be romantic, not in the back of a car with his younger twin brother driving (though just barely).
Robin ran his hand through Starfire's hair. He couldn't think, couldn't breath, couldn't do anything. His mind was only filled with her. He needed her. Needed to be closer to her. The closer he was, the better he felt. It felt as if his lips were trading energy with hers. He felt stronger and better after every second.
He leaned back, spreading out on the chair and pulling her with him. He needed to be even closer. He needed to get his own clear mind back. Right now, it was just a jumble. But somehow he knew, the more of her he had, the better he would feel. And he knew a really good way to get closer. If the stupid car would stop swerving so much, he'd probably be as close as he could with her already.
Besides the fact that he was clearly aroused at the moment and his sweat pants felt a size too small, he was completely content with having Starfire pressed down on him. It only edged him on further. He looped his fingers on the elastic band of her sweat pants, ready to have his way with her, but she obviously had different plans.
She grabbed his hand that had previously been in her hair and placed it roughly on her own chest. If Robin would have been thinking straight, he would have ignored her privation for intimate playtime, but the way her large breast felt in his hand was far to amazing to remember he wanted to make love to her at that moment.
She detached her lips from his and began kissing along his jaw and down to his neck. He stretched his neck out for her and for a moment, he fell prisoner to her. Allowing her to touch wherever and do whatever while he sat and enjoyed it. She licked his adams apple and blew softly, tickling him. And in return he turned her head with his and nibbled on her ear, blowing on it slowly.
Remembering that he wanted to have his way with her, and not the other way around, he pulled her closer to him with one hand and began pulling her pants down with the other. He was going to be in control. She was his prisoner, but the thought vanished quickly when she began running her hands under his shirt and along his chest. Their was something extremely soothing about the way she purposefully brushed her hands over his nipples and kissed them over his shirt.
Once again, he was her prisoner and she had the control. But he didn't mind... for the moment. She pulled his shirt upwards and he lifted his arms for her.
Blue Jay reached his hand back and began hitting Robins leg, which was the only thing he could reach.
"Cut it out you two." he said, trying to focus on both the old lady crossing the street and the fact that his brother was making out with his crush.
He swerved again when something fell in front of his face. He was sure that someone was going to call the police on him, thinking he was some drunk driver. And without a license? Yeah, right. He'd be thrown in jail or something. Removing whatever fell on his head, he swerved yet again, realizing that it was his brothers shirt. He was only about a block from the said park, so he decided to just walk the rest. This way he didn't cause attention to the park anyway.
He pulled over and quickly got out the car, he rushed around and opened the back door, a bit afraid of what he would find. But he was only met with what appeared to be a sleeping Robin and Starfire. She was laying on top of a shirt-less Robin, but besides that, they were both fully clothed. He blew out a breath of relief when Robin began to arouse.
He ran a hand through his hair and yawned, like he would if he were just waking up. His face squished up when he realized that there was extra weight on him. Blue Jay quickly grabbed Starfire, trying to save his brother from passing out once he realized he was under her shirtless. Yet, he did realize and the surprised look Robin gave him was priceless.
Blue Jay couldn't help but smile and shrug. Apparently, Robin didn't remember anything about what had happened. Blue Jay'd fill him in on that later. Holding Starfire in his arms, he threw Robin his shirt and allowed him to get out the car.
He relayed a quick update of what was going on to Robin, leaving out the making out on purpose.
"We have to go back and help." Robin said, pulling on the parks gate chain to see if it would budge. When it didn't he began to climb it.
"Thats what I said." Blue Jay said, passing a still knocked out Starfire over the gate and to Robin "But Raven was pretty set on making me feel useless." He quickly climbed the gate and landed on the other side besides his brother.
"You let Raven force you to leave?" Robin asked, still holding Starfire and subconsciously making his way to the swings.
"I really didn't have a choice when she forced me through the wall. Besides, you were pretty besides yourself. I do agree with her that you needed super vision."
"Yeah, right." Robin laughed "Like im some baby who needs a sitter."
"Really, Rob. You were completely out of it."
"Ok, suuure I was."
"You were."
"Whatever you say."
Blue Jay stood up on the swings, swinging back and forth lazily. The swings squeaked loudly, but he hardly noticed. It was the closest thing he had gotten to being on a trapeze in a long while. Taking his communicator out, he handed it to Robin, figuring he'd probably want and try to contact the team. Just as he suspected, Robin flipped it open trying to contact one of the team, only to find that they wouldn't answer.
"Their not going to answer you." Blue Jay said, moving his legs and swinging higher "Or, me I guess. Since they think that's my communicator."
"I feel stupid sitting in this park waiting while their back in the unsafe tower defending for their lives."
"You know their more than capable of taking care of themselves." Blue Jay said, not even looking at his brother. He was reveling in way the cold wind pushed against his face like it always did when he jumped roofs.
"Yeah, but that doesn't mean, and as a leader I ought to be ashamed, that I should feel good about this."
"Your still not giving them enough credit. You've taught them how to defend themselves. It's what training is for, right?"
"Would you sit down!" Robin practically screamed "Thats squeaking is getting on my nerves."
By this time, Blue Jay was just about horizontal, but he jumped off nonetheless. Sometimes he really thought his brother needed to loosen up. When was the last time he had fun while they were out? This was one of the main reasons he backed off when it came to Starfire. He believed, and still did, that her carefree way of life would effect him enough to stop him from being such a grouch. To remind him of how they use to play as kids. Playing pranks and not caring.
"Well," he said, sitting back on the swings "If your so worried...then find them."
"What do mean find them? What, just go back and look around? No way, I could blow their cover."
"No, not literally. You have telekinesis now, right? Raven'd be able to do it. So why cant you? Search for their minds or something."
"Pass. I'd like to die a different way, another day, thanks."
"Oh come on you scared-y baby. Do it."
"No. Raven said that-"
"Why is it that Raven seems to want to control everyone's life nowadays? Come on, she doesn't control you."
"No, she doesn't. I'm doing this by choice. I've seen Ravens powers get out of control. Who's to say mine wont?"
"I dont know. I'm just suggesting is all."
Robin began to bite his finger nail, and Blue Jay knew that he was thinking it over. No doubt counting the pros and cons of his choice. And this was why he needed to loosen up. Be spontaneous for once in his life and stop over-analyzing everything.
He payed no attention when Starfire woke up and got out his lap. Or when she waved a hand in his face. Or when she fell off the swings, not knowing that they moved. But the moment he decided to give using telekinesis a try he focused back in on the world. He probably heard each flap of a birds wing. The snore of the man across the street. The petals of a flower hitting the ground. Yeah, he was that tuned in on his surroundings. Although the the flower petals thing may have been a bit of a stretch.
The moment Robin sat down in the grass cross legged he realized that he could have been moments from blowing the world up. Of freezing it. Or melting it. Or just plain destroying it. But as a leader, wasn't it his job to take risks to make sure his team was safe? He wouldn't be a good leader if he neglected them, right?
Deciding to just wing it, he closed his eyes. Clearing his mind, he came to to halting realization that he had no idea what he was doing. Was he supposed to focus or have a blank mind? Should he think really hard on who he was searching for or should he just let his mind do whatever?
He deciding to just try and think hard about Beast Boy, he seemed to have the simplest mind that was easy to penetrate, whereas Raven could have some kind of death mind shields up. He wasn't even sure if Cyborgs mind was penetratable. So he just supposed that Beast Boy was his best bet.
He tried as hard as he could to open his mind up, which was hard for him considering he liked to keep it closed and locked in case Raven was nearby and accidentally read his mind or something.
A loud rushing sound filled his mind and it took a moment for him to realize that the rushing sound was actually peoples voices. They were each totally disconnected from each other, but if he focused enough, he could hear a entire one-sided conversation. He figured that once he got better at his telekinetic abilities, he'd be able to find his friends quickly and drown out the other voices.
The thought of tofu passed by and Robin did his best to hold onto to it. There was only one person he knew who thought about tofu and that was Beast Boy. He focused in on the voice hoping it would be Beast Boy and would give him some intel on what was happening. But the more he listened to the voice the less he believed it to be the changeling. Unless, Beast Boy thought about his 'handsome' prom date and what color he was going to paint his nails.
He waved the thought off, figuring it was some over-hyper girl trying to think about the prom and her own looks. He continued to search, but after listening to a few more one-sided conversations, he was starting to get discouraged.
-ATOF-
The moment she heard the T-Car start up, Raven summoned her black Raven and disappeared through the floor. She went through the Ops room, the monitor room, the gym ,evidence room, crime lab, infirmary, the lobby, and finally stopped in the garage, right above the basement all in less than 20 seconds.
Who said she needed a elevator?
She poked her head through the floor, hoping no one was looking up.
She blinked a few times in the bright light and immediately spotted, and heard, Cyborg and Beast Boy.
"B-I-N-G-O and Bingo was his name-o!" they sang.
She did tell Beast Boy to buy her some time. Right in front of Beast Boy was a crater sized hole. She figured this was what caused the tower shaking movement. As they started another verse, she looked around them. They each seemed young, but to check, she closed her eyes to try and enter one of their minds. She reached out to one of the boys and carefully prodded at his mind, but the moment she began to enter, one of the kids head whipped up at her. Once he turned his head, the others followed suite.
They turned their small guns, the ones that were apparently really 'weird' as Beast Boy put it, to her.
She sensed the anticipation from one of the kids. Figuring he was going to fire, she put a shield up in front of her. She really hadn't anticipated that the small gun would be so powerful. When it hit her shield, she fell through her own portal, only for Beast Boy to catch her.
He quickly set her down next to him and Cyborg. Raven put up her own black field around the three of them, praying that the didn't shoot before she made another portal to get them out. Unfortunately, they must have picked up on this, because they all opened fire at the same time. She was able to hold the shield for about three hits before it fell on its own accord.
The shooting stopped, but it seemed as if all the teens decided now was a good time to attack. The guns disappeared as fast as they appeared and each teen took a turn jumping into the circle. They all began a attack at once. Throwing punches and kicks at the same time. They were almost too fast for her to predict and counter.
Raven was surprised with all the moving they did, that their hoods never came off. She ducked a punch two teens had thrown at her and stood back up, bringing her foot up with her and kicking the teen in the face. She tried a few more times to get the hoods off at least one teen but they seemed as if they were glued on.
She was about to throw another punch when her own cloak began choking her. She pulled on it but it wouldn't budge. She reached her hand up to try and unclip the clasp around her neck, but reaching up choked her further. She tried to spin around, to get the weight off her neck but was met with a hard hit in her stomach. She bent down involuntarily, choking herself even further. A hit in her face only proved to disorient her.
Suddenly, though, she could breath again and all weight was off her neck. She turned around quickly in time to see a green tiger drop the shredded cloak out it's mouth. Though she was now cloak-less, she felt staggeringly better.
She blocked and punched her way towards Beast Boy and grabbed a bit of his fur. She knew it didn't hurt him, but she also knew it got his attention. She fought her way towards Cyborg, who was trying not to hurt the kids too much, but to also get them off his back. Literally.
With a burst of energy, she was able to get the kids back a foot or so. She quickly put up her shield and made a portal at the bottom.
Raven fell through along with Beast Boy and Cyborg and hit the sidewalk hard. They had landed only a few blocks from the tower, though she had meant for them to get closer to the park.
"Dude," Beast Boy said, rubbing a part on his arm where his uniform had been ripped off. A purple and blue bruise was starting to form, but Raven knew she had to save her energy.
"Man, if I could use my sonic cannon I would..." Cyborg trailed off, hitting his fist in his other hand repeatedly, as if he was pretending his hand was actually connecting with one of the teens faces.
"So, where are the others?" Beast Boy asked.
Instead of answering, she made a black disk under Cyborg and flew into the air. Beast Boy blew out a annoyed breath and turned into a falcon.
-ATOF-
Robin gave up. It was clear he wouldn't be able to find anyone he wanted with all those voiced in his head. He just had to trust in his team.
"Our friends are here." Starfire said, pointing to the sky.
So much for timing.
Standing up out the grass, Robin dusted the grass off himself. Blue Jay hoped of the swings he had previously been on again and made his way over to stand next to Starfire and Robin.
"You guys have NO idea what we just went though." Beast Boy said, turning back into a human. "It was completely epic. But, like, in a bad way."
"Yeah," Cyborg agreed "We just got our butts kicked."
"By who?" Robin and Blue Jay asked unanimously.
Raven shrugged her shoulders. "We dont really know. It was a group of kids in hoodies. I couldn't see their faces even when I tried. But apparently, they were there for you."
Robin was a bit taken back. Besides the fact that he had had a black out moment from the moment he was able to get the shield up, to when he woke up in the car, this was a complete surprise.
"What do you think they wanted with us?" Starfire asked, her arms wrapped around herself for warmth.
"Probably wanted to make you zombies." Beast Boy said, completely serious.
"Or not." Raven countered.
Blue Jay had a quick assessment and gave his cape to Raven. She seemed like she needed it more than Starfire did. Her being in a leotard and everything. She took it and gave him a appreciative nod and wrapped it around herself.
"Yall I think this is getting serious." Cyborg said "I can deal with a trashed room or two, maybe even the blood as long as it aint serious. But a missile and trained army? That's where I start to get skeptical."
"What do you suppose we do?" Blue Jay asked him with a raised eyebrow.
"We call..." Beast Boys said, lowering his voice at least 8 octaves "The Justice League."
"Could you do that?" Raven asked, looking at Robin, who scratched the back of his head.
"Maybe." he said "On a good day I suppose, and if this is really serious."
"I believe this is the 'serious'." Starfire said.
"The league dont normally deal with things like this." Blue Jay said "I guess we could call in as a favor, but the JL mostly deal with intergalactic problems and stuff. You know, world threatening issues."
"What about Batman? We could-" Cyborg stopped short when he saw the looks he was getting from Robin and Blue Jay. But it was already to late. The sentence was out there and Beast Boy seemed to think it was a great idea.
"Yeah!" he screamed, despite it being late "Call the Batman! Call the Batman! He'll take care of this."
"No way." Robin said folding his arms.
"Hate to say this Robin, but Beast Boy and Cyborg are right." Raven said "Thats a good idea. If the Justice League dont deal with things like this, than Batman should. He is a detective."
"We dont need Batman," Blue Jay countered "He'd either turn us down or take over the whole thing."
"Good." Cyborg said "I dont want to deal with this. If he'll do it for us, than great."
"I dont want, or need, Batman to take care of my problems." Robin snapped "I'm perfectly capable of doing this myself."
"And how far have you gotten, so far?" Raven asked.
"Well..." he started "Now that... I have more clues... I could figure this out."
"Yeah, okay sure." she said sarcastically "I just hope your willing to work after you die. If you could get Starfire started while your at it, that would be great."
"Look man, your right." Cyborg added "you dont need the Batman. But I think Star, should see him anyway."
"Yeah," added Beast Boy "Star should be able to get to Gotham and find the Batman."
"Or if she cant," Raven said "and I think we all know Starfire lacks a sense of direction, she could always ask one of the hot boys to help her."
Blue Jay knew what was going on now and he wasn't falling for it. Robin, on the other hand was beginning to growl under his breath at the mention of 'hot guys.'
"Yeah," Beast Boy threw in "Sweet, innocent, Starfire can ask one of the stupid, jerk, boys to show her the way."
"And without her strength I'm sure nothing will happen." Cyborg said, as if the mention was completely normal.
At this point, Robins eyes were beginning to glow green and the swing-set that Blue Jay was on only moments ago burst into a million pieces. Large bits of metal fell from the sky. Beast Boy ran around in a circle, flailing his arms comically, just avoiding a piece of metal before turning into a small green turtle.
"Temper, Robin." Raven warned.
Robin took a deep breath, ignoring the curious look Starfire had been giving him ever since Cyborg and Raven started that stupid 'hot guys' charade. Of course he wasn't going to let her go to Gotham alone. He wouldn't have let her go a week ago, when she still had her strength. He looked to his brother, silently asking for his opinion.
Turning back into a human, Beast Boy breathed a breath of relief from avoiding the falling metal. He probably would never get used to the fact that Robin now had powers...and could FLY! How weird would that be? Beast Boy smiled as he realized that he had someone else to catch a ride with. Sometimes Robin was mean and grouchy, but a lot of times (especially around Starfire) he was nice. Much nicer than Raven could be. No doubt, Robin would let Beast Boy catch a ride sometimes.
Looking back at Robin, he noticed that Robin seemed to be having a whole conversation with Blue Jay without moving his lips. They stared at each other, shrugging and bobbing their heads as if they were talking out loud. He figured it was just a twin thing.
"Alright." Robin said finally "I'll go to Gotham and ask for help...but, you guys have to meet me there."
Beast Boys eyes lit up with sparkles. Meet..The...Batman? The Batman? The Dark Night?
OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG!
"No, way." Blue Jay said "I am not going to Gotham. Besides, do you know what going there would entitle?"
Robin knew that Blue Jay meant the part about revealing their secret to the team, but really was that so horrible?What if he didn't say who they was, just showed them the house? No one here watched the news or anything except maybe Raven. There was no way that they would recognize the mansion, right? But then, they could afterwords. Maybe, he could use his new powers to make them forget or something. Telekinesis was all about brain and mind control. It should be easy-breezy erasing their minds after the whole charade was over. He might even get Raven to show him how.
"Just trust me." he told Blue Jay "I got this."
Trusting his brother, Blue Jay nodded.
A piece of metal suddenly hit Beast Boy on the back of his head. He hopped around holding his head, while Raven asked him to stay still so she could check to see if he was bleeding. Cyborg basically busted a gut laughing.
"Man," he said between breaths "How high did you blast the thing?"
Robin looked up. Truthfully, he didn't know. He doubted that high. Robin looked at back at Beast Boy. He had stopped running in circles and was now a komodo dragon, flicking tongue out rapidly.
"What are you doing BB?" Cyborg asked, his laughing fit over.
"I smell something." Beast Boy said, human again. "I cant remember, but its familiar."
"Could it be those teens we just fought?" Cyborg asked, his voice full of irritation that Beast Boy didn't pick up on.
"Yeah!" he said "Thats exactly right! How'd you know?"
Instead of answering, Cyborg pointed. Everyone followed his gaze down the street. The teens that was once in the basement was now marching down the street in a tight army-like line. Each of their feet hit the ground together, creating a resounded thud.
"I think you should go now." Raven said, turning her head slightly towards Robin.
"Go?" he asked "I'm not going anywhere."
"Stop being stubborn." Blue Jay told him "We can handle things here and buy you some time. You and Starfire head out to Gotham. We'll meet you there."
"We will not abandon you." Starfire said. "We are a team."
"Exactly." Robin added.
"Look yall." Cyborg said "We got things here, but we cant protect yall and buy yall some time if they already have you."
"Yeah, dudes." Beast Boy said "We're out in the open now. And I know I can change however I want."
"We can handle this." Raven said. "Now, go."
"So what, we hitchhike?" Robin asked, exasperated.
"Do whatever." Blue Jay said "And get some new clothes. Stay incognito."
Starfire wanted to argue. So bad did she want to stay and help, but her friends were making more sense than she wanted them too. Their efforts would be in vain if she and Robin stayed. Besides, the faster they got to 'Gotham', wherever that was, the faster they could get back home.
She grabbed onto Robins arm, he still looked as if he wasn't going anywhere but to fight. She knew him. He wouldn't leave if the reason was to save himself, but maybe if she reminded him that she needed him too, he'd come. He looked down at her hand and then up into her face. She could see how bad he actually wanted to stay. She could feel it, and she wasn't sure if that was because they were now 'connected' or because she was just close to him.
He took a step back, followed by another and another. Blue Jay turned around and gave his brother a nod in which Robin returned. It was the closest thing they could get to a hug as time and the current situation allowed. Robin grabbed Starfire's hand and before she knew it, they were both running towards the gate as fast as they could.
A/N: Well, what'd you think? Besides my horrible spelling and typing was it okay? Tell me what cha think.
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