Titans Tower West...
Five days came and went and Mystic was still a bit rattled by her encounter with Blaze…
But she had finally gotten to the point where she could talk to Raven and level with her… And Raven, being her "jovial" self took it all in stride; "So let me get this straight, you know that he has feelings for you, but you also know that he's not going to push it, and you also have no clue how you feel about it." Destiny nodded; "Yup, that's about it Raven, I mean… you know how it is to feel… lonely… and to never have anyone tell you that your attractive or…" she sighed and Raven nodded slightly, "But to have someone just suddenly… challenge everything and…" Mystic sighed again and shook her head; "I've never really felt love like that before…" Raven sat there looking at the sad blue-eyed girl, then spoke softly in her slightly raspy, yet almost comforting monotone; "I know… There is a big difference between the love of friends and the love of… well, a partner or a lover, or even a spouse… There are many kinds of love just like there are many shades of blue or gray or green… I've found in fact, there are as many levels of emotion as there are shades of colors…" Raven was not know as an arty person, but she was well read and very intelligent, and as such, was well versed in many subjects, like art, and she secretly had a deep interest in it…
Raven looked at the far wall and continued; "I know it's hard to live your life thinking you're not… desirable… But trust me Destiny, if I Raven, the daughter of Trigon, can beat fate and find love, I know you have a hell of a shot at it… I mean, I'm not even suppose to even be alive, much less in love…" Raven blushed slightly, her pale grayish cheeks growing rosy as her violet eyes looked away… she was still adjusting to having a romantic relationship with Beast Boy…
Mystic smiled softly at her friend and then reached out, holding her arms out waiting for a hug, and Raven, slowly responded in kind; "Thank you Rachel… You'll never know how much of a help you are… to all of us." The pale spell caster rolled her dark eyes, "I think I can take a wild guess…" the girls slowly broke the hug and Raven stood. "I don't know if I'll ever really get used to that…" Mystic smiled and laughed; "Just give it time…" the girls parted, with slight, happy, smiles on their lips…
"Man, I know your peeved about all this, but I didn't get to meet him either, and if what Mystic said is true, then he's probably got some minor issues like BB, nothing too bad, just… hormones…" Cyborg leaned on his baby, the T-car, in the garage with Robin, who was sitting on his R-cycle, and fuming mad; "Peeved? Peeved? I'mway the hell past peeved Victor… I'M ROYALY PISSED OFF!" The boy wonder was the leader and the oldest of the Titans, he had a half a year on Cyborg, and two years on Raven and Mystic plus almost three and a half on Beast Boy but that didn't mean that he was above pitching a fit…
Cyborg sighed and held out his hands; "Man, will you calm down? He saved Argent AND Mystic." Robin glared at the robo-teen with his soulless masked eyes; "Yeah, after he brought powerful evil beings of unknown origin into close contact with them… And hormones? Please Vic…" The cybernetic teen shook his head; "Man, Destiny said she spoke to him and fed him and he freaked out when his found he was missing his fur and tail… sounds like something an anthro would do if he wasn't use to having or being in a human like form. And Anthro's tend to have amped up physical body's right? That means he'll have needs multiplied over what a normal person or even some metahuman's need…"
Truthfully, Cyborg was a bit wary of the new comer, but when he looked at Blaze, there was something about him that Cyborg liked. He couldn't put his finger on it, but his gut was telling him to trust William, and Victor Stone's gut had a track record of ten and oh… So he was ready to let Blaze out of the guest room Robin had locked him in when the had come back early that morning… Whereas Robin, being not so fresh form Steel City, was not…
"Gather the team." Cyborg nodded at Robin as he looked at his built in communicator and called the other Titans in the tower, "Where are we meeting?" Robin paused at the door; "The interrogation room, now…" Cyborg relayed the information to his teammates…
"… Dude, It's totally not funny!" Beast Boy stood toe-to-toe with Robin, his bright emerald eyes flashing with frustration; "Remember… The Beast?" the green skinned changeling stood two inches shorter than the five foot, four inch Raven, and that equaled to an nine-inch deficit in height compared to Robin…
"No, it's not… But last time I checked, the Beast didn't breathe fire, and tangle with demonic beings on a regular basis…" the Boy Wonder crossed his arms and looked down sternly at the elfish boy. "Friends please! We must not argue like this over the new comer… can we not simply make with the garfoth… I mean, question him? Like an, I believe the word is "interview"?" Starfire stood next to Raven and Mystic by the one-way glass in the observation room, looking into the interrogation room…
Inside, Blaze sat in an uncomfortable metal chair, leaning on the table in the middle of the room… He seemed equal parts bored and worried…
"BB's got a point Robin, if he had some kind of rut-like period right after he got here, then him taking off like he did only means that he may have wanted to avoid doing something he'd later regret…" "He right…" Blaze's muffled voice sounded from the glass and all the Titans turned to look at him through the glass… "Wot did he say?" Argent asked as she blinked, her mouth open. "See?!? I TOLD you he can hear us." Beast Boy said, a smirk of triumph on his face as he started to dance in place… Mystic chuckled lightly and Raven smirked, then sighed; "Please stop Beast Boy… We get the point…" Robin arched his masked eyebrow then turned and walked to the door; "Let's get in there and start talking…"
"So let me get this straight," Robin said as he stood across the Titan surrounded table from the still sitting, still topless Blaze, "You're father is a powerful Demigod, and the avatar of the deity of wrath, who is the servant of Adoni, the all powerful God, creator of everything?" Blaze nodded in the affirmative; "You got it, but due to my breeding I'm not a deity or demi, I'm just an angelic half breed, but I carry the same overall power that my dad wields over fire, plus I can manipulate light and heat as well…" "Dude… that's heavy stuff…" Beast Boy crouched on the edge of the table, his eyes wide and jaw slack. "But it's true… very very true…" Raven spoke softly her eyes glowing a white color and a small clear gem in her hand, "I'm ready to perform the warrior's spell now Blaze… are you ready?" the celestially spawned boy nodded and stood, his eyes also glowing softly…
Raven held her right hand out at Blaze, and an ethereal wind slowly kicked up, blowing her violet hair back as well as tossing his dark mop of hair around…
Raven spoke softly, yet her dry, raspy monotone carried throughout the room plainly: "Met oreon, Et' achine' allos! Met oreon, Et' achine' allos! Met oreon, Et' achine' allos!"
Blaze had mimicked Raven's stance and faced her and as she chanted he also chanted a counterpart mantra, perfectly offset in timing: "Ka' lep Et' Fwhay' Ka' lep Et' oo reem'… Ka' lep Et' Fwhay' Ka' lep Et' oo reem'… Ka' lep Et' Fwhay' Ka' lep Et' oo reem'…"
Suddenly the gem in Raven's hand started to glow a bright blue color and float in the air…
Raven and Blaze stopped there chanting and then stood there as the small Gem floated to the center of the room and suddenly spoke with a thousand voices; "The Mighty Warrior was born of fire, his father Wrath, mother Desire, Love and Wisdom his sister be, Justice has come, to set the world free..."
Suddenly, a beam of pure white light shot from the blue flaming gem into Blaze's chest, and his armband tattoo, his birthmark, glowed brightly as well as the stone seemed to empty itself into him with a final word; "Behold a Mighty Warrior… the Son of Rage and Love… Guardian of the Treasure… And the slayer of Trigon…"
