Ok, once again that was long... sorry! School killed me again, meh, OK whatever...
Anyhow, I'm sorry for the long update... I'm evil:(
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White Witch: Yeah, they did get out quite fast, but here's how I saw it, Raven is already sick, and I do not think that Reiden would waste time (he wanted to kill Beast Boy right away.) So, they only had a good chance if they escaped sooner. (Don't know if I'll be mentioning this in the story, which is why I answered here.) I also had considered a little part about the other Titans in this chapter, but yeah, I'll just embellish it a bit more.
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gregthezombie: Haha, well, I had thought of explaining it when Raven tried to heal herself and failed, but was able to heal other. Lets just say, that this poison targets white blood cells, much like aids if you will, but, the difference with this, is that it also holds a disease in itself (whereas aids don't directly kill you, they just weaken you to the point where you can die from a common cold.) Phew... all that to say that it's not really a DNA thing. But please, try to find mistakes :), I'll correct or explain what I can. As for Beast Boy, well, he has while blood cells just like the rest of us (minus the fact that he doesn't really exist O.o).
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Chapter 8: Trust
Raven stared at her green friend in shock. She really hadn't thought about it that way. She was really just thinking about getting out of there alive. Not that she had much time to think about the incident, truth was she didn't feel betrayed, probably since she didn't believe anyone fully trusted her anyway. So she just didn't expect it.
She was now thinking about herself. She herself didn't fully trust anyone. No, it wasn't that she 'didn't trust' it was just, that she knew. Because of her empathy, she could always tell... everything. Trust was supposed to be a blind faith in something and the closest she came to that was clear knowledge.
She looked over to her teammate, his head was down, truly he must have felt bad about this... right? But it was so ridiculous... He... he must have been lying. He had to be. Raven was convinced that this was nothing more than an act. She closed her eyes and sighed. Then, she looked straight in Beast Boy's eyes. She needed to know.
'Damn it...' She thought. It was like this every time, and she hated it. For someone like her, a person who hides all of her emotions, thoughts are sacred. They are personal, they cannot be controlled, they are pure. When she would decide to pry into her friends minds, she always felt like this was a major violation of their rights and a great lack of respect in itself... and she owed them much more than that.
Finally, as she always does, she decided to take a peek. Though her peeks, always turned into a full search of the person's current state of mind. She started to stare intensely into Beast Boy's eyes, the easiest way to someones mind, but only found herself getting lost in his dark green globes. After a few moments, Beast Boy lifted his gaze to see that Raven was staring right at him. He looked so sad... but, she couldn't feel any sadness, or anything else for that matter.
'My... powers... SHIT!' Thought Raven.
Going blind would have been easier to deal with! Her empathy was like a sixth sense, a very developed, very used, very needed sixth sense.
She then noticed that Beast Boy was still staring at her, he looked so... hurt. 'Fuck, I have to say something' she thought to herself, still unable to speak, 'What am I scared of a conversation!' She thought, throwing in her pride, to push her.
"Beast Boy." She said, 'There, that's a start...' She thought, 'Damn, this shouldn't be so hard...' She knew he felt bad... or she thought she knew... well... he looked sad... In any case, she needed to say something... just to make him feel better...
As for him, he was starting to wonder what this long pause meant. Knowing her, she would say something meaningful... Heh, something he probably wouldn't understand... It wouldn't be the first time he'd be stuck nodding his way threw a conversation.
Finally, she spoke up: "You're an idiot."
Beast Boy opened his mouth, but no sound came out... She had caught him completely off guard.
"This... umm situation, has absolutely nothing to do with you, you were dragged into this because of me, if anyone here should be apologizing, it should be me." She continued, all matter-of-fact.
This time he reacted, "But this isn't your fault at all!" he said.
"Right, just like you. You have nothing to blame yourself for." She replied.
He sighed, the two situations were not the same... and he still felt bad for what he had done.
This is one of those moments when Raven really needed to know what the other person was thinking. "Just, forget about it alright?" She said, monotonously.
He smiled and gave her a somewhat sympathetic look. He didn't look convinced. "Yeah, sure, just, go to sleep now." He said.
Raven sighed, "I told you, I'm fine." She said in an annoyed way. She tried to sit up again, but, again, Beast Boy held her down.
"And I told you, I can't just let ya go." He answered.
"Pff, What about you, shouldn't you be in bed?" She Asked.
"Actually, I feel fine!" He replied.
"Well," She paused for an instant, almost grinning, she continued, "So do I."
'Damn it thought Beast Boy, nobody wants to be a hypocrite.
Seeing her chance, she calmly sat up. She winced for a moment as she had, instinctively, put some of her weight on her left arm. As she turned and got up, she pretty much acknowledged her condition. It seemed much better than she would have imagined. Of course her left arm hurt, but so did her right leg, and her back. Still not to the extent she would have assumed. She guessed her back injury was from when she had crashed into the wall, but she couldn't seem to place her right leg...
Snapping back to reality, she noticed her three sleeping friends sleeping in the other room.
"Should we wake them?" Asked Beast Boy.
Pondering the conversation she would have to endure anyway, having to explain that her half brother was now running around, she sighed "Guess so." She answered. 'This is going to have to be done sooner or later anyway.' she thought.
Beast Boy grinned, getting closer to a sleeping Cyborg, he started making really weird throat noises. Finally, he leveled his face with Cyborg's and let out a huge belch. Raven rolled her eyes and Cyborg slowly woke up with a look of disgust mixed with anger on his face.
"Grass staaaaaaiiiiiiiinnnnnnn!" Shouted Cyborg as he opened his eyes and slowly got up. His eye slightly twitching, he continued: "And who exactly said that you could get up..." he then noticed Raven standing behind him "AND YOU!" he yelled.
Raven raised an eyebrow, "Oh, and since when do I need permission to get out of bed?" She said flatly.
Awaken by the noise, Starfire opened her eyes and let out a small squeal before shouting: "Friend Raven, friend Beast Boy, you are up and undamaged!"
Both Cyborg, and Robin, who had just woken up, bounced in front of the overexcited Tamaranian fearing the consequences of one of her hugs. Starfire was disappointed, but understood that her friends were... fragile.
Both Beast Boy and Raven sighed, thankful to have been spared, this time...
"So, can we go to the main room?" Asked Robin.
"Well, they not even supposed to be up! So, yeah, we're good to go." Answered Cyborg sarcastically.
Beast Boy chuckled nervously and Raven sighed as they all headed towards the main room, Starfire flying ahead still very exited. She made it first to the living room and soon felt a deep anxiety. Because, for a brief moment she was alone alone in the huge room. She was reminded of what it was like to have two friends M.I.A., a term she would have rather have never learned.
Flashback.
The communicator was ringing as Starfire passed over the same beach for the umpteenth time. She didn't need to open it to know who it was. Just a few moments ago, Robin and Cyborg had left in the T-car, Starfire had said she would return by herself, but couldn't help going over the same place, over and over, hoping to find a clue, or something that was missed.
Finally, she opened her communicator and right away saw Robin. He sighed, "Starfire, please come back to the tower. You wont find anything there."
She nodded and closed the device. Taking one last glimpse at her surroundings, she slowly headed back to the tower.
On the other end, Robin sighed. Knowing that flying to the tower is much faster than driving, he had been very worried when they had arrived before Starfire.
After having told her to return home, Robin fell back into the couch. Looking around him, just to be safe, he saw no one. He then removed his mask, just to wipe the sweat that had formed underneath, something he never did. His quite brilliant mind searched, time and time again, for something to do. But unfortunately, this was not a Slade-like issue, where clues were purposely left behind. This was a Raven-like thing, where everything was mysterious and... magical... literally.
This was the kind of moment when Robin, the only power-less member of the Teen Titans, would really look down on himself.
Finding some other person his age able to match him is probably impossible, that is, of course, not counting all of the "super" people. Mutant, half-demon, robot-man, alien... not to mention all of the others. He had managed to become strong enough, skilled enough to compete with these beings, but he could never hope to be the best. He would never lift as much as Cyborg or Starfire, and he would never fly, or shape-shift, or control inanimate matter. So he created many weapons, but still, he was very limited in his potential.
Seldom were the villains who could not be harmed by any of Robin's gadgets. Hell even Trigon had been hurt by the combined efforts of the four Titans. Which was another thing that bothered him, demons were not untouchable. Though after 'the end of the world', Raven had explained that her father was very weak from his journey, but still he was supposed to be the most powerful demon ever right? So shouldn't he have roughly compared to those two they had just fought? No scratch that, it was not a fight at all, yet another disturbing element, was the the demon, only separated the Titans from Raven, but was doing his best to not harm them. Why?
Oh, right, and then that other one showed up and... saved Raven? WHY!
As the rest of the battle played in his head, the same feelings kept manifesting; confusion, anger, guilt. Followed by the seemingly inevitable feeling of helplessness...
It was just then that Starfire came in. She nervously scanned the room, not saying a word. Cyborg soon followed, Robin looked at him, but he shook his head, crushing all hopes that his missing teammates had been detected by the Tower's advancedsensors.
Robin took a look at his team, or at least, what was left of it. Starfire looked... weird, even for her, all twitchy, and nervous. When this young alien girl, who was never normal (which was far from being a bad thing), looked weird, it was very depressing. As for Cyborg, he looked exhausted and he now kind of reminded him of Raven, since his face was emotionless. Of course, Robin knew that this was just a facade...
Come to think of it, he too was very tired, and he doubted Starfire was at full strength. So, he decided that it was important to remain in good shape.
"Alright guys, lets umm, order some pizza." Said Robin.
"Not hungry." Replied Cyborg.
At that statement, even Starfire came out of her trance-like state. Robin looked at his friend in shock. Cyborg was never not hungry. Snapping himself back into reality, "We need to be ready, so we need our strength." said Robin, who never in his wildest dreams would have though he would see the day where he would have to order Cyborg to eat.
He grunted in response, "Fine, just get a meat-lovers." He said in defeat as he came to leave the room...
"Oh, and we must not forget a vegetarian pizza!" Said Starfire.
Cyborg couldn't believe it! For once he wouldn't have to have a damn tofu vs meat debate (though, he kind of missed it right now), and Starfire suddenly started loving veggie-pizzas. "Not you too!" Said Cyborg, this time with a bit more... life in his voice.
Starfire looked at him with great confusion spread across her face. "Not for me, for friend Beast Boy of course." She said with an almost scary innocence. Yes Starfire was naive, but she was not stupid. And that statement made both boys very uneasy.
For a moment, Robin wondered if she was simply implying that they would find their friends for sure... but something in his gut told him otherwise. Cyborg, who pretty much had the same thoughts as Robin, decided not to push his friend. "Yeah, of course Star..." He said.
Robin looked down, what was he doing? His whole team seemed to be sinking deeper and deeper in depression, in it's many forms. Cyborg seemed to be hiding his feelings, Starfire was saying weird... frightening things, himself felt like a complete failure.
"Call me when it gets here..." Said Cyborg dryly as he exited the main room, leaving his remaining teammates behind.
Actually, the half-robot-man was hungry. He hated himself for still being hungry, at a time like this, and wanted to punish himself by not eating, but seems he couldn't really afford to do that. He sighed, as if starving himself would accomplish anything!
He made his way to the garage. As the door slid open, he contemplated the sights before him. The T-car, in perfect shape, the R-cycle, in perfect shape and their plane/submarine/space ship, ... in perfect shape. 'Damn it...' thought Cyborg as he started tightening bolts every here and there.
This was the job he hated doing. He remembered, when he had finished 'his baby', he had to waste about an hour checking to see if all the bolts were tightly screwed in. It was like torture! He just couldn't wait to see if it worked, to test it out, to show his friends, to see them in awe at his creation. But before that, he had to look up and down, left and right, in and out for loose screws... That had to be the most boring task ever! And why? Just because he hadn't done it well the first time. He was so exited about making this car, he didn't always carefully screw everything in, and he would pay the price.
This time was different though. Why was he doing this? To be sure that everything was fit to drive, or fly, or navigate, so it would be ready for action. But once again, this task was not enjoyable... not for the same reasons as before though. This time, it was because, there was not enough discomfort in what he was doing... Yes, he was once again punishing himself. But he couldn't help but feeling like... like he should be exhausted from running around the city or... or what? He knew he couldn't do anything more.
Though he had tried... tried to help Raven. He hadwitnessed her weird behavior, he saw her wound, and he was the only one who had examined her from a medical point of view, which was very bad.
At the exception of Robin, none of the Titans had normal physiologies, which made treating them nearly impossible for normal doctors. Fortunately, Raven could heal herself and her fellow Titans, plus, Cyborg had taken it upon himself to have all of their normal stats stored in his memory banks.
Still, that hadn't helped him much as whatever disease plagued Raven, was destroying her antibody's (mostly her white blood cells) and poisoning her at the same time. The only thing he had ever seen resemble this was aids. Except this was worse, though he couldn't tell the long term effects, he knew that her system was rapidly deteriorating.
Cyborg squeezed his human eye shut, fighting back tears. He had lost more than two teammates, he lost two... siblings. After all the time the Titans had spent together, he truly felt like the older brother of the bunch.
Beast Boy was like his best bud, his goofy friend, one he now thought... he took for granted. And Raven, was probably the person he could most relate to. She too was half-human, and she understood best how he felt about his car. She actually helped build it pretty well.
He kept his eye shut, but it made no difference, because his mechanical red eye could still see. If he covered it, his infra-red sensors would kick in. A great defense mechanism... that didn't change anything in battle.
Suddenly, in a rush of madness, Cyborg lifted his arm and a clenched fist came down bashing in the hood of the T-car!
As he opened his watery eye, he looked down apathetically at his baby.
His arm beeped, he lifted it and saw Robin's face appear on the screen.
"Pizza's here." He said flatly.
"Coming." Replied Cyborg.
He turned his back to his beloved vehicle and slowly walked away. He sighed, taking one last look at the damage he had just caused. It looked like a boulder had fallen on her.
As he walked away, he looked down with the same emotionless expression. 'She'd better help me fix this up.' He thought. True, he might have felt like the group's big bro, but more than any of the others, he felt like Raven was a little sister to him.
He entered the elevator and headed to the main room.
As the doors opened, he right away heard shouting.
"No Starfire!" Yelled Robin, looking very worried, while Starfire looked shocked. Robin never yelled at her. Only in his Slade obsessed periods was he ever rude to her... but still, he almost never yelled.
"Star..." He said calmly, "you know as well as I that they're..."
"They are what?" Asked Starfire normally, as if she truly didn't know.
"Well, you know..." He said, but her face did not change, she looked at him eager for an answer. "M.I.A.." He said, knowing he would have to explain what the term meant, but hoping she would not ask-
"Please friend Robin, what is the meaning of this 'M.I.A.'?" She asked, of course.
"It's umm, Missing In Action." He replied.
The young girl smiled awkwardly. Cyborg put a hand on her shoulder.
"They just wont be joining us for diner... OK?" Calmly said Cyborg, giving Robin a look that told him to play along. The state Starfire was currently in was very dangerous. It would be like a sleepwalker. You should never wake a sleepwalker... and in this case, Cyborg was feering a mental breakdown.
"Uhh yeah..." Added Robin, who didn't like this one bit.
The meal was eaten in complete silence.
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Starfire sat alone on the roof feeling very sick. She had forcefully eaten two slices of pizza, but wondered if she could keep them down. Even more, she was shaking badly and fighting back tears.
'They are... alright...? YES! They are...' Thought the Tamaranian... once again.
These were the same thoughts she had been having all night.
She then heard a squeaking sound behind her. She turned around, and for the first time in her life, was disappointed to see Robin.
And he didn't miss her reaction.
He slowly walked over and sat next to her. She looked away.
He put his arm on her shoulder, "They'll be fine." He said in a convincing tone.
Starfire buried her head in Robin's shoulder. "But friend Raven was, not well. And we were all unable to defeat the strong foes, and..." she said in a broken voice. Tears were now streaming down freely, though she tried her best to control them.
"No, they're together, and they both can handle themselves. They're strong Star, don't underestimate them." He said before she could continue.
After those words, they both sat together silently. Starfire soon regained control and stopped weeping, but she stayed on Robin.
One could wonder how long they stayed that way, or rather, how long they would have. Unanswered questions, since Robin's communicator rang as Cyborg franticly shouted that he had just located Raven's signal and something about Canada.
In a single bounce, the two Titans raced to the hovercraft.
Without doing their signature 'vehicle check' (that would have been incomplete anyway) they immediately raced off, full of hope that they would find their lost friends.
End Flashback.
The worry almost instantly dissipated in the young girl as the team, the whole team, was finally complete in the huge room.
Both Raven and Beast Boy sat down right away. That went noticed by everyone.
"Told ya you two should have stayed in bed." Said Cyborg sighing. As he and the other two Titans also sat down.
"How long have we been out?" Asked Raven, hiding her fatigue perfectly.
"Don't know, Cyborg took care of you both for about 3 hours... Then we went to sleep. So I couldn't say for certain." Said Robin.
"Not long enough." Mumbled Cyborg.
"Damn, why's my hand all numb?" Asked Beast Boy while shaking his hand in the air.
"Cause, your supposed to be in bed!" Shouted Cyborg. He sighed again, and continued "The effects of the medicine is very strong, I'm surprised you both made it here."
"Medicine? But, that demon said that there was no cure." Said Raven.
Cyborg leaned back, smiling.
"Oh but it is friend Cyborg who has made this cure." Happily responded Starfire.
"And as if it wasn't enough, Beast Boy had to get himself sick too! So of course I had to make more." And the mechanical Titan went on about all of the complications involved with the creation of this cure, but everybody kind of tuned out. "So, your powers should come back soon."
"Good." Said Raven, pretending she had paid attention to his whole speech.
"So, sorry to be the downer here, but what happened?" Asked Robin.
Beast Boy took a glance at Raven who seemed to be unaffected by the question. As for him, he felt very uncomfortable and awkward. He looked down, hoping that she would answer. And she did.
"Well, the demon that took us, was actually working for, apparently, my half-brother." She said, trying to hide her discomfort at the matter. Strangely she found it more difficult than it should have been, 'probably the drugs...' she thought before continuing. "All I know is that he is most likely a pure demon and that he was also trapped in another plane. Like Trigon, it seems he needed me to get here."
A thousand questions poured into the Boy Wonder's mind, still he wanted to go about this gently. "So, do you know why there were other demons trying to kill you?"
"Your guess is as good as mine." She answered, "But, I do have one theory, since my father had once controlled all of the demon planes, I supposed that some of them feared my brother, so they wanted to cut him off."
"Makes sense, ok, so now all we have to do is stop the servant from getting to Raven. Cyborg, I want you to extend the defense perimeter, Starfire I-"
"Robin!" Shouted Raven, she shouldn't have yelled for nothing, it was a slip, but at least is stopped him. "He's already out..." She said in a more controlled voice.
"Oh, sorry Raven, just assumed, since you where here..." He said.
"Well, actually, he just needed something connecting him to this world. I didn't actually have to... become a portal." She stated, not really wanted to embellish any more.
"Okay, so then, I'm afraid we'll have to cut our little reunion short. So, Titans Go... to sleep." Said the leader, noting the disappointment in Starfire's face.
Everyone complied and went off to their respective rooms.
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Raven's eyes shot open in surprise, but only a blink later, they were back to their emotionless self. When you keep all of your feelings inside, they have to come out somewhere, and they usually (or almost always) came out at night.
So nightmares were very common. She was actually quite surprised that they were relatively small for what she had just experienced. She assumed the drugs were to blame for this... or rather, to thank.
She closed her eyes trying not to remember the events that had taken place. She glanced at her clock, it was 8:25 AM. 'Might as well take advantage of the effects of the medicine while they last.' She thought.
She turned around on her side but instantly backed away as she was seized with immense pain. '... ow' she thought.
It seemed only logical since her powers were off, that she wouldn't have healed her arm. The drugs had numbed the pain before.
So, she was now faced with the tough decision, to get up... or not to get up? She probably needed the rest, and the remaining effects would help her fall asleep, but getting up later would probably be more painful than right now.
She closed her eyes. 'Fine, I'll just get up' She winced as he raised her upper body into a siting position. Damn, this was just frustrating, she would have to hope that there would be no emergencies today. 'I probably just jinxed it.' She thought to herself.
She grabbed one of her blue cloaks from her closet, tied it and headed out. She walked down the hall and when she arrived in front of the door that leads to the main room she heard talking.
"I'm sure that is how I've seen her do it." Said a voice, it was Beast Boy's.
"Okay, what did you do?" Asked another voice, Cyborg this time.
"What?" Said Beast Boy defensively.
"Common, you must have done something to be sucking up this much." Continued Cyborg.
"Just tell me how it is..." Said Beast Boy.
There was a small pause then "Eww! That's almost as bad as your tofu crap!" Yelled Cyborg.
"Then it must be good" Said Beast Boy, after another pause, "It's uhh... this can't be what it's supposed to taste like..." he added in disgust.
At that Raven finally came in. She was greeted by the two boys as she made her way towards the kitchen, where they were currently at.
"Hey Rae..." Started Beast Boy.
"It's Raven." She interrupted.
"Right... Raven, anyhow, so, do you want some of your favorite tea?" Asked the young changeling, the kettle proudly in hand.
"You, made tea?" She asked in a sarcastic monotone, if that's possible.
"Yeah, it's great, just ask Cy." Replied Beast Boy.
She turned her head in his direction.
"Yeah, best I ever had..." He said, '...only one I ever had.' he thought finishing his sentence as he smiled awkwardly.
Before she knew it, Beast Boy had taken out a cup and was already done pouring the hot beverage. He slowly pushed it in her direction, as he had almost filled it up to the edge.
"Gee Beast Boy, I think there's still room for another drop." She said flatly.
He chuckled nervously as she picked up the cup and took a small sip. Without a word, she headed back to the door, and exited the room.
"Oh yeah, you did something." Said Cyborg.
Beast Boy ignored his metal friend's comment, as a proud grin drew it's way across his face.
Cyborg cocked an eyebrow. "She didn't like it ya know."
"No... she loved it." He said while Cyborg gave him a skeptical look, "She would have gladly told me if it was bad right?"
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Raven decided to head towards the roof to see if her powers were back and hopefully meditate a bit. She took another sip of tea, 'How the hell did he pull this off?' She wondered. First off, he had someone remembered the one time she mentioned that this particular kind of tea was her favorite. Then, there was the fact that this one was not from a tea bag, it was made with tea leaves, thus difficult to get the exact water/tea leaf measurements just right. And, of course, she knew that no one else in the Tower drank tea, unless they had their own hidden stash. (She would have been aware if some of hers had gone missing.)
'Beginners luck' She thought to herself.
When she pushed open the door that lead to the roof, two sitting figured turned around and simultaneously distanced themselves from each other.
"Friend Raven! How wonderful to see you!" Said an exited Starfire.
"Yeah it's good to see you Raven." Said Robin, slightly nervous.
"Hey guys." She said simply, glad that to have her cup in hand, which at the moment was preventing a certain Tamaranian from squeezing her to death in one of her hugs.
"Well, we should probably go get some breakfast." Said Robin who was trying to get rid of his awkward feeling, "Did you eat?"
"Not hungry, maybe later." Answered Raven.
Robin nodded and Starfire forced a smile, she would have loved a meal with a complete table. They both left the empath by herself.
She sighed, sitting down, she crossed her legs and tried to levitate, but to no avail. So, she got up and walked to the edge of the Tower and sat on the edge, her legs resting on the outside wall of the "T" shaped building.
As she looked down at the waves crashing on the rocks, she took another sip. She sighed again, well if she couldn't meditate, she could at least relax.
"Hey Rae."
Or not...
"I told you Beast Boy, that's not my name." She said not even turning around.
He noticed the cup, half full (of course being the optimist that he is) and smiled. "Admit it Rae, best tea you ever had."
She rolled her eyes. "In one ear and out the other." She whispered to herself, as she started to give up hope of ever hearing her green friend call her by her real name.
He came up next to her and sat down. "Ya know it would be funny if we fell." He said, still smirking.
"Oh really, how so?" She asked, showing both annoyance and interest in what he had said.
"Ah, I can see it now, the newspapers would have a ball with this; 'Two of Jump City's superheros have tragically died, from the Teen Titans, we will remember them for the many battles they have fought, the countless villains they have faced, the innumerable innocents they have saved... umm we were told that they... fell from the roof of their home...' " He said laughing.
True, there was some irony in what he had said, but that must have been the stupidest thing she had ever heard. Still, it almost made her smile, a satisfaction she was bent on not giving him.
They both sat silently for a few minutes, Raven was surprised that Beast Boy could not talk for that long. He was actually re-thinking the past events. 'I'll do a better job next time.' he thought to himself.
He was of course the one to finally break the silence. "You know, Star would really want us all to eat breakfast together." He said.
She stayed silent for a moment, "Yeah, guess so." she replied.
They both got up and headed back to the main room. As they ate, Robin tried to get more information and Starfire of course added mustard to everything. Beast Boy and Cyborg had their usual food 'debate' (if you can call an 'is too'/'is not' war a debate.) Finally, Raven only spoke to answer her leader's questions.
All was right in the Titans Tower.
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Well, there it is. Damn, I lost some stuff I wrote (again!) (TWICE!) cause the power went off... and my comp froze... (Oh right, you don't care...) I'm telling ya people, save all the time!
Well, this chapter was originally longer, but well, I didn't like the way it turned out. So just be glad that about half of the next chapter is already done! So have high hopes that my next update will be faster (I hope!)
As for this chapter, it's supposed to be relaxing, so things don't move too fast.
Little personal note: Canada owned in Turino! 3rd place for the most medals and 5th place by the gold medal classifications. Woot!
Okay, anything your wondering about, anything... you don't like... or ya do...
Come on people! You know how this works, Review! (Hey, this kind of rimes :) )
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