Chapter 10
Darkfire boarded the ship, using Raven as a shield. She had her hands tied behind her back, and Darkfire held a stripped and empty gun to her back as if keeping her hostage.
"Move," she growled, pushing the weapon further between the blades of Raven's shoulders.
"Sor-ry," whispered a seemingly half-asleep Raven. "I'm a little distracted here."
The pair was met by a group of armed Tamaranian guards. One of them mumbled into a walkie-talkie, and, after a few moments' pause, got a muffled reply. He signaled to the leader, who in turn stepped up to the girls.
"Agent Darkfire, can you confirm or deny your identity?"
"I confirm," she said gruffly. She was on edge, her body stood rigid.
"Come with us," the guard said, and the group came from behind him to form a circle around the girls. "The Mighty One wants a word with you."
...
Meanwhile, floating through space at the mercy of Raven's meditation, the remaining three Titans approached the ship. They were encased by a black missile-shaped container, controlled by Raven's thoughts. She guided them to the weak point of the ship, graciously provided by Darkfire; Cyborg would blast a hole in the ship, his mechanical arm protruding through a gap created by Raven the instant he telepathically asked for it. Then she would pilot them through the hole, leaving them to find their missing teammate.
...
They're in, Raven thought to Darkfire, and received a subtle nod in return. Raven was pushed into a seat just outside the door Darkfire was ushered into. Two guards followed, leaving the rest to watch over Raven.
Inside, Blackfire was illuminated in a pitch black room, a ray of blue light shining down from an unknown source above her.
"Darkfire," she purred. "How…pleasant to see you again." Her face hardened, and her voice darkened. "One wonders, however, why you mysteriously appear on my ship, unannounced, with one of the Teen Titans in your possession!" Her voice had elevated, and she had stood up toward the end of her ranting.
"If I may explain—" started Darkfire weakly. She may have been a good actress, but she still cowered in the face of Blackfire's wrath.
"You may explain when I'm finished!" She sat back down, and her air changed once more; she was cool and collected, fully in control. "Your departure from Earth must have aroused suspicion; not to mention," she waved her hand in the direction of the door Darkfire had entered. "Not to mention bringing her here! Are you even remotely aware of the power she is capable of? You were trained better than that!"
Darkfire waited patiently.
"I'm finished," exhaled Blackfire after several minute's time. "You may proceed."
The clone took a step closer, her countenance showing genuine concern. But her concern lay with the Titans and their safety, not with her mission of distraction. They needed at least ten minutes, they had told her. Once they had secured Starfire, Raven would telepathically let her know. And so ensued the distraction.
"I regret, O Mighty One, to inform Your Grace that my cover has been blown." She scowled to show discontent. "However, only the female outside this room knows my identity; the males are back on Earth, blissfully unaware."
"And how did you manage to leave them?"
"I simply requested bonding time with 'Friend Raven', saying we were going camping. Her objections to our leaving were accepted easily; it is well known she dislikes both bonding and camping."
Blackfire mused over these words before asking, "Just how did you get her here? And why here?"
"I drugged her. Even the Kra'le'Desh is part human." She paused. The question as to why hadn't previously occurred to her. "And…I figured you would like to interrogate, or possibly torture, the captive personally."
The idea appealed the Blackfire, as the girl knew it would, but the brief flash of pleasure was gone as she remembered the disobedience.
"Indeed. Nonetheless, you strayed from the mission. That constitutes for punishment."
Darkfire's arms were clasped and harshly forced together behind her back.
"Wait! No, you can't—" She was cut off by the whoosh of the doors, and found herself seated across the hall from Raven. The two girls' eyes met, and a mutual understanding was achieved: Starfire was out, time for phase two.
I made up the term Kra'le'Desh btw: Universal term meaning offspring of evil. Thought it was interesting…