Please Read (kinda important to the prior chapter) K,thanx :D
Star Melody brought up a very nice issue that I'd like to go over (i'll put her exact review beneath this) about Raven's sudden change in characteristics. After all, why would she be willing to suddenly call Jinx?
Though this isn't a plausible excuse (because that really is unexplainably NOT Raven's behaviour and there was little padding behind it to explain it)
Remember since Jinx's first 'attack' Raven hasn't been able to meditate, even though she really needed to (her own individual emotions surfacing and talking to her is NEVER a good sign (for anyone, might I add xD) so she will be a little out of her usual uptight self. Also, in the chapter 'questions' she was pretty angry with jinx. Killer demoness angry. Then Robin got in her way, asking questions she didn't want to answer, and then pushing her further. We all know how Raven hates that. So her anger kinda went from Jinx to Robin. And as she thought in the chapter 'phone call' if Robin found out a member of the team was dating one of the villains well, he wouldn't be happy. I'm pretty sure Rage can be very assertive when she wants to.
Raven also clarifies with Jinx that she doesn't totally believe the whole 'i want a date with you' thing, and isn't going all relaxed and 'hey, I'm on a date, this might be fun' That wouldn't stop her from feeling guilty though (as she knows she should have given Robin that number the moment she received it) which again has always been part of Raven's nature – self blame, and guilt galore.
So this chapter isn't going to be two girls having a good time (sorry to disappoint those few who have been waiting for it) And I hope that helps explain Raven's personality defect in the previous chapter!
And in a last ditch attempt to explain; Teen Titans, episode Spellbound (grr I hate that one! FU Malchior!) but Raven was VERY weird after Malchior showed his 'interest' in her. She'd probably be more careful not to allow that to happen again – especially since we're talking known villain here, but Raven's so used to controlling everything that her reactions to emotion can be a little unpredictable.
Thanks :
Star Melody's review (which I am very grateful for!) : lol the world is still here. Who knows about tomorrow though?
This chapter...I'm kind of confused about Raven's emotions. Last chapter, she was kind of like: "Jinx will die" and now she's: "Date? Okay!"...maybe that was exaggerated but it's what it felt like. Raven = Teen Titan, thus I'm not sure she'd just easily go out with a villain. Especially since her friends are so important to her. Maybe if she had an ultior motive to get Jinx in prison I'd believe she'd say yes even without telling the other titans (as to not blow her cover) but, to just say yes? I had a hard time believing she actually called too!
But whatever that was just my impression of this chapter. I still like the story.
I hope that kinda answers your confusion StarM! If not, let me know, and I'll see about editing and re-posting that chapter to make it more believable!
Concolor44: I think that must be the least sexy setup for a date I've ever heard of. Trust? What's that? Oh, yeah, that's something that people who aren't MORTAL ENEMIES can have with each other.
Raven is many things - sexy isn't one of them haha! (well, not in the I'm-gonna-put-on-a-show-cause-i'm-miss-confidant kinda sexy) xD
On to the story!
Hood up, she leant against she tree she usually sat under when her and the titans visited Central Park, scanning the darkness for the pink haired teen, becoming for and more certain about her theory of this being nothing more than a trap – a poorly executed trap – with every second. She hadn't dressed up. Even if she'd been on a real date, she wouldn't have dressed up. It wasn't her style. So she found comfort in black jeans and a navy hoodie. She had a slightly nicer silky black tank top on underneath, but she wasn't planning on taking her hoodie off. Without her cape, that became her safety blanket. Checking the time on her communicator she sighed when she saw she was five minutes early anyway. None of the titans had seen her leave the tower so she didn't have any kind of time limit.
She was starting to wonder why she had come.
"Raven! You're early."
She stiffened and turned to look behind her, up the path. Jinx had her hair down, and Raven was surprised to find it was quite a bit longer than her own. She was dressed in a black mini-skirt, her usual black and purple striped tights, and a purple strappy top. She had a small bag over one shoulder and was wearing a big smile.
"Aren't you cold?" Raven asked sceptically as she took in Jinx's outfit.
"Why? You offering me your hoodie?" She grinned.
"No. It was an observation."
"If ya' say so Rae-Rae. Actually I'm surprised you showed up. And not a Titan in sight. You have an argument?"
"What?" Raven frowned.
"Did you have an argument, with one of the titans?"
"Why?"
"You're Robin's little soldier." She laughed. "Everyone knows you never do anything wrong."
"You'd be surprised." She muttered, thinking about Malchior and her father's brief time on earth.
"So, who was it? The alien? Beast Boy? Naw I bet he gets on your nerves a lot. Scratch that. Cy's kinda cool; I don't think it would be him (A/N: Cy's time undercover at Hive Academy). It was Robin, wasn't it?"
"Why do you care?"
"I don't. I'm just interested. Like I said, there's not much that makes you step out of line."
"He wanted to know why I almost strangled you." Raven muttered glancing away from the villain.
"I was wondering about that too actually." She pulled a face. "But that was it? He asked some questions?"
"No." Raven answered, before sighing. "Whatever. It's not like you'd understand."
"Suit yourself. Well, I'm kinda hungry." She started walking; glancing back to make sure Raven followed her.
The empath hesitated, feeling worse about being here with every second that passed, but finally moved forward. She hadn't had anything to eat all day, and she was hungry.
"Like I said on the phone, it's a small place. It'll probably be almost empty this late, but the food's nice, and the price isn't bad. They have a good choice too." Jinx cringed at the lack of conversation she was getting from her 'date', but always knew it would have been a challenge as soon as her brain came up with the plan to pull the titans apart. "So, why did you strangle me?"
Raven arched her brow. "I thought it was sort of obvious."
"Well... a little. But it seemed a little extreme. I mean, it's obvious you liked that kiss, or you wouldn't be here now."
Raven's eyes narrowed and she didn't know whether to feel angry or embarrassed. She bit her lower lip as she contemplated what she could shout at the girl without giving too much away about exactly how unstable she could be.
"Let us not forget my leg." She finally growled, knowing Jinx wouldn't buy it before she'd even said it.
"That little scratch? I've seen you take a lot more damage than that and continue fighting."
"If it had been Robin or Beast Boy-"
"They would have had permanent tendon damage, nerve damage, and serious blood loss. Yeah I know. But it wasn't them. Sure it may have irritated you a little, but it wasn't worth strangling me over."
"That sad guy Dr Light told me about the time you went all freaky fighting him." Jinx continued when she saw Raven wasn't going to say anything. "You did the whole red-eyed-mistress-of-doom. He used to ask the guard for a night-light." Jinx smirked. "Pathetic." Raven hid a smile, but didn't understand what this had to do with anything. "I saw your eyes flash red when you first attacked me. What causes that? I mean, it's not very human, is it? My eyes go pink when I'm using my powers, and yours go white, but red?" She turned to look at Raven, only to find her walking off in the other direction.
"Whoa! Wait!" She ran after the girl. "What did I say? Raven!" The empath ignored her, momentarily forgetting she could just teleport away. "Come on; what did I do?"
"Piss off Jinx."
"Hey, you called me, remember? Just tell me what I said wrong." She was very aware Raven hardly swore, if ever.
"Does it matter?"
"Well, yeah. Obviously."
Raven stopped and looked at the pink haired girl. Her face was as blank as usual, but Jinx could see something moving behind her eyes. She frowned, "Raven what's wrong."
"You wouldn't understand."
"You've said that twice now." Jinx noted. "Whatever it is, it's something that doesn't fit in with the whole saving-the-world crap isn't it?" She saw Raven flinch, and hid a smile 'Jackpot'. "Well, try me. I'm not a titan. I'm not some goody two shoes. You'd be surprised."
"I shouldn't have come." She started walking again, and Jinx moved to keep up with her.
"As a titan, no, you shouldn't have. But you're already here, so why don't we at least get something to eat? I'm not gonna make you stay out after that if you don't want to."
Seeing that Raven wasn't planning on changing her mind, she grabbed the girl's arm and pulled her back in the opposite direction. They were both of almost equal height and weight, so the only thing that gave Jinx any success in dragging Raven back was the empath's momentary surprise.
"Jinx, what the hell are you doing?" Raven asked sharply.
"Taking you out for something to eat. I'm hungry, and you probably are too. How thick are you?"
Haha soooo. Comments? Hopefully Raven's acting more like herself in this one. Anyone figure out what Jinx said to upset/piss off Raven? Come on; it's easy ;)
