8. Partners in Crime
"Hey! You kids โ Come down here!" The cop's frantic shout made both Raven and Kyd jump a little, before they looked in panic at one another. Kyd grabbed his cowl and flung it over the three of them, teleporting them to the first place he could think of...
Which was the roof of the animal shelter, where they had been trying to run from.
"Nice." Raven deadpanned. Kyd rolled his eyes before whisking his cowl over them once again, rarely escaping the flash of the camera that the officer had with him. The last thing they needed was for a Teen Titan and a villain on top of an animal shelter to be on tomorrow's news.
The three toppled out of Kyd's swirling portal and landed in a heap on a dark brown rug. "Oof." Raven rubbed her forehead as she sat up. Across from her, Kyd was smiling ecstatically at the item in his lap;
A yorkie puppy.
Yep, that's right; a former HIVE student had a miniature dog with him. Apparently, he was on a walk with her the day before when his HIVE communicator buzzed and alerted him to go to the nearest bank to make a "deposit". He left his beloved Molly โ that was the dog's name โ tied to a lamp post. With a kiss to her head, he'd promised to be back later.
Only when he came back after teleporting out of jail (yes, they got caught... again.) did he find that his pet was gone.
Nearly in tears, he had begged Raven on his knees for her to help him find which animal shelter had Molly... because if she was at a kill shelter... Kyd broke down in tears again. Raven had rolled her eyes and awkwardly patted him on the back and grudgingly agreed to help him find the damn dog.
So, a few hours later, the two had found the right pound; JC County Animal Shelter. Apparently Jump City happened to have a lot of shelters. Kyd had told Raven his ingenious plan; She would distract the worker at the front desk while he snuck in and knocked out every guard before letting all the animals loose to make the most epic prison break ever in the history ofโ
Raven had of course cut him off right there and just told him that they would wait until dark to teleport themselves in and "rescue" Molly... And Molly only.
That, of course, had set Wykkyd off into another pout, so Raven settled for them waiting until late afternoon... Which of course got them caught, and you know the rest.
So now there they were, sitting in this sparkling clean room that Raven recognized as Wykkyd's in the HIVE 5 base. Surprisingly, it didn't resemble the actual HIVE Academy base at all. Kyd's room was very personalized, with a mahogany brown floor and deep caramel walls. His bed almost resembled Raven's, with a large headboard. Books were stacked in neat piles all around the room, since he didn't have a bookshelf. A laundry basked overflowed with what looked like used uniforms. Pens and pencils were scattered over a desk that was pushed against one wall.
And of course there was a small dog bed in the corner of his room, though it looked unused.
Thank you. Kyd said telepathically, grinning like an idiot. Raven shrugged and went to sit on the edge of the bed. Molly was whimpering with happiness as she ran in circles around Wykkyd, darting in every so often to give him a lick of gratitude. Kyd was silently laughing, and Raven couldn't help but smile a little. It was unintentional; his overpowering emotions of pure joy were affecting her.
But then came a knock on his door. "Hey! Wykkyd, everything alright in there?"
When there came no answer, See-more continued; "I'll...take that as a no! I'm a'comin in on the count of five!"
Raven and Kyd Wykkyd looked in panic at one another again. "1..."
He doesn't know about Molly! Kyd cried to Raven "2..."
The half-demon was in too much of a panicked state to consider teleporting herself out of there. "3..."
Quick! I have an idea! Hold still! "4..."
Kyd tackled Raven, thrusting Molly into her arms as he whisked them away, hidden inside his cowl; which was a space between portals, one might say.
"...5!" See-more busted through the door... only to find Kyd smiling overly-brightly in the middle of his room... alone.
"Elliot? I thought I heard someone in here..."
Nope! Just me!
His friend frowned in confusion... Then shrugged. "Well okay then." he left, shutting the door behind him.
Kyd sighed in relief before dumping out the girl and dog from his cloak. Phew. That was close. Molly scampered over and licked Raven on the cheek. Kyd smiled at the pure adorableness of his pup.
Raven was seething. "Don't ever do that again. I'd rather get caught here than be shoved through a portal with a... dog. You really should get that thing washed, by the way." She gestured to his cloak. And with that, she made a face and left through a black hole in the ground.
Thanks again! he called down the abyss before it disappeared.
"You're welcome." A voice answered him inside his head.
Molly barked.
