Chapter 10!...I really didn't think I'd be doing this many chapters for this story OO Ah well….continuing on…..
Disclaimer: I do not own Teen titans or JTHM
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Chapter 10
Upon hearing Mr.Eff voice, Nny bolted upright, eyes darting everywhere.
"…I don't understand…y-you should be gone, I got rid of you along with Psycho doughboy…"
"Got rid of me? Ha ha! My dear boy, you of all people should know you can't ever rid yourself of a voice, you can only hope to shut them away which you had accomplished."
"Then why are you here?! Meats the only one whose supposed to be here!"
"You have that girl to thank, she had found me and must of thought I was the reason you do what you do and tried to destroy me. Heh, poor naïve little wretch, she has no idea that the real reason is that you are just a fucked up psychopath. Pity, she seemed so sure of herself describing the good in you. We both know the truth behind that now don't we Nny?"
Nny sat there contemplating on why Raven was so persistent on seeing himself as a good person but shook himself out of those thoughts. "…but how could destroying you set you free?"
"Simple, you…well rather "it" destroyed me along with D-boy thus ridding us from this reality which pushed us in the only place we could go back to. You. Sooooo when that blue haired girl came and did the same, it pushed me back out…but sadly, I'm still not restored to the state I was before. I'm limited to existing as nothing but a voice But, we can fix that now can't we? What do you say? Let's go kill some club kids for old time's sake eh?
"NO you listen to me! I kill who I want to kill! So what if you came back, the hell with you I'm not going to be your tool again!" Nny was shaking with anger, his left eye twitching like mad."
"You should really settle yourself down Nny before those brats come bursting to find you screaming at nothing."
Johnny thought for a moment to realize that not everyone had voices they scream at and if the titans were to hear him…well that might be a little more then awkward. He sat cross legged on the bed and gave a deep sigh lowering his voice. "…Just leave me the hell alone Mr. Fuck…Why are you constantly tormenting me?"
"Tormenting you? Johnny, Johnny, Johnny you should know that all I want for you is to be happy, for you to be able to smile more often. And you know when you are happy? It's when you are causing others excruciating agony, when you watch as the scum of this planet that dare call themselves human take their final breaths. Proof of that was the guy you killed recently. I could feel it Nny. That was the happiest you had been in a long time. I want you to have more of those moments…but there's only one way to do that…"
"…I suppose…one little outing might be good for me…"
"Ha ha ha! Yes!! That's it, THAT'S it Nny! Just wait 'til all of them are asleep and you can go out and have some well deserved fun! I am brimming with anticipation Nny!"
"Yeah…me too." Nny said slightly smiling to himself. He pulled out his Die-ary and began writing;
-Dear Die-ary
I'm not sure exactly what's going to happen tonight…but it should be most…exciting…-
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Meanwhile in the Teen Titans meeting room, Raven was being questioned about Johnny, well, more like interrogated. She wasn't letting anything slip. The fact that Raven was adept at hiding her emotions and this time she was calm so it was no trouble for her to hide any sign of her having feelings for Johnny.
"Raven…are you absolutely sure. If we find out he HAS done anything and you have been protecting him, we will have no choice but to consider you an accomplice and that means you'll be locked away with him…I really don't want to have to do that Raven." Robin held slight sadness in his voice, he really didn't want to arrest one of his close friends…but if she was hiding a murderer, what choice did he have?
"Trust me. I will say Johnny might be a little…off but he's not a killer. If he was you have my word I would turn him in immediately for not only the civilians' safety but for his own. Besides, why would I of all people risk myself for a person I've barely known for a week?"
They seemed less convinced then she hoped but it seemed to work. They finally they gave in and promised to have more faith in her even though raven could tell they were saying that through their teeth. At least they'd leave her alone for now.
Raven began to head back to check on Nny when Robin stopped her. "By the way Raven, I'm afraid we are going to have to have Johnny stay an extra week. It's more risky now that we know the murderer may have been around here, that is assuming the alley incident was his doing, and who knows, maybe he knows Johnny is still alive and may be looking for him...and besides it sounds like Nny hasn't completely recovered yet if he's collapsing out of no where."
Raven knew that this would not make Nny happy whatsoever but how could she say no?
"I will inform him, it should be no problem."
Robin watched her leave and then headed to his private lab. "Good, one more week to find something I can use to reveal Johnny for what he really is…"
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Johnny had been preparing a black bag with some "tools" he'd need for tonight when he heard someone coming down the hall and quickly shoved the bag underneath his bed.
He was relieved when he saw it was only Raven.
"….so…how'd it go?" He asked cocking his head slightly to the side.
"Heh, well that's just say they'll lay off for a while. I still know they don't trust you…or me." She was sad to have to admit this because she really did care for her friends and didn't like hiding things and was feeling like she was drifting away from the other Titans.
Nny could tell she was sad and felt slightly guilty "…Raven. I'm sorry to cause you so much troub-" Raven cut him off.
"No! Don't be! This was my decision and mine alone. Whatever consequences there are, I and only I am responsible."
"…have it your way then." He said turning his back to her and walked towards the far wall."
"…Oh and umm I'm sorry Nny but…they want you to stay another week after this one." She sort of flinched after saying this half expecting Johnny to burst out in an angry rant.
Nny sighed "Very well, if I must."
Raven stood there blinking in disbelief that he took it so easily. "W-well I better get to bed, it's almost midnight. You should try to get some rest too Nny...Goodnight!"
"yeah…"
Raven left his room and when he was sure she was completely gone, continued preparing for the night ahead. Once he heard all the systems shut down for the night in Titan Tower, he locked his door from the inside and climbed up through the small window that was above his bed. Lucky for him his room was on the first floor.
He jumped out onto the soft grass outside and looked towards the horizon of the city and gazed up at the pale moon.
"I can already tell this night will be most enjoyable…" He said with a twisted smile
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The titans were awoken early that morning by the deafening alarms going off. They all grudgingly headed out to the main computer to see what the problem was. They all felt more awake when Cyborg read what was on the screen;
"Obscene mass murders taken place last night at a Burger Thing, a 24/7 and a local dance club last night. All incidents were ghoulish scenes of slaughter. There were no survivors and no witnesses to these events. All victims were killed either by some sort of blade or other object, no firearms were used. It seems that they all hold the same style of killings as the recently escaped murderer from the city over, however it is uncertain if this is the work of a group or a single person."
They were hesitant to click on the file attachments that held pictures of the scenes but knew they had to. The minute the pictures showed up on screen, Starfire fainted, Cyborg and Beast boy started vomiting violently. Raven and Robin just continued staring at the screen both of them horrified. These were worse then what had happened in the alley way. In the pictures there was blood everywhere along with piles of red discolored goo left on the floor along with random limbs and organs scattered about. The bodies would definitely be unidentifiable without DNA tests. As they scrolled though the pics, it just got worse and worse. They didn't even know salad tongs could be used as a murder weapon…They decided they all had seen enough and one thought crossed their minds…Nny.
They all started walking to his room, before they got to his door Robin spoke. "If he isn't there I am going to consider him a prime suspect." He didn't direct it at anyone in particular but Raven knew that was meant for her.
She held her breath as Robin knocked on the door…no answer. They opened the door, Raven let out a sigh of relief. Nny was curled up in a tight little ball on the bed sleeping. She thought he looked rather cute in this state.
"Heh guess the freak does have to sleep once in a while" Beast boy said aloud.
"Shhh! Quiet Beast boy!" Raven scowled
However Nny had heard the word, "freak" being used to describe him even in his deep sleep and immediately woke up to see who it was. He was surprised to find all the Titans in his room.
"…umm is there something wrong?" He asked still slightly out of it, he had had quite the busy night and had only slept for about an hour.
Without answering him, they left his room, everyone but Raven. Robin turned to Raven. "This doesn't change anything; I still am suspicious of him."
After they walked away, Raven shut the door and locked and gave Johnny an angry stare.
Nny raised an eyebrow "What's your problem?"
"You know very well what…Nny…all those people last night…why?"
"….Oh…so you finally heard about that huh? What can I say? Those people were too perfect to pass up."
She was disgusted at how he acted like this was nothing; he didn't even try to deny it was him. "Johnny! Not all of those people could have deserved that! I mean I can understand that there were a few assholes but everyone?"
"You're still trapped in your own little fantasy world Raven. Sure some of those people may not have been assholes but there's one thing I've learned about the filth I work with; they are like a virus, they either attack people or make them their own. Those "kind" people you speak of would eventually turn into likenesses of the scum around them, so in a sense, I was doing them a favor and preventing that."
"But-" Raven stopped herself realizing she couldn't win. "Look just be more careful from now on, my friends are really keeping their eyes on you."
"Don't worry; I'm always careful and well prepared on my outings."
Raven gave a frustrated groan and left his room.
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The next couple of nights, more and more people were being killed in the same fashion as the others had been, the titans were absolutely baffled. They tried looking around the city at the usual times the murders took place but they either couldn't find anything or arrived too late. The titans had never felt such a defeat and Raven had never felt so torn. She didn't want anymore people to die but protecting them would mean betraying Nny.
Meanwhile, someone else was having a much more pleasant week…
"Ahhh you were right eff, I feel so much better now since the last couple of nights, Heh heh that look on that guy's face when I ripped out his intestines and choked him to death with them." Nny said as he took a long sip from a cherry brainfreezy. He had just gotten back from one of his trips and knew any minute now the alarm would sound and the titans once again would scatter around desperately trying to figure out who was behind the murders.
Johnny had purchased another Styrofoam Pillsbury doughboy model and had painted it once again to look like eff and had placed it in the corner of his room next to the nightstand. He felt more comfortable speaking to a physical object then to a voice in his head which he knew was the same thing but it made him feel better none the less. Mr. Fuck felt happy knowing he now had a physical form he could use.
"See? See? What did I tell you? Maybe now you'll listen to me more often."
"Yeah, but I'm not doing this for you you know, this is soley for my own needs."
"That's fine my boy as long as you keep going at the pace you're at."
"Yeah but Raven is really upset, she's talking to me less and…Eff…do you think she'll turn me in?"
"Most certainly. Do you honestly think you can put such trust in another human being Nny?"
He looked down at the ground, that unpleasant cloud of depression beginning to come upon him again. "…No but. It's nice to think I can sometimes."
"Why is it you care so much about this girl anyway? She doesn't seem like the type to easily stray away from her sense of justice, she'll never approve of who you are."
"Yeah but…she's been trying to hide me from the other titans, her own friends making sure that they don't get anything on me. I know she doesn't like what I do but she still protects me and tries to help me…She's doing everything she can for me."
"How long do you think that will last Nny? How long until she eventually tires of throwing everything away for someone like you?"
Nny just sat there on the bed in horrid realization that Eff was most like right. Hew turned back towards the Styrofoam doll but before he said anything he heard knocking at his door."
"Yes?"
"It's Raven…can I come in?"
"Y-yeah." He looked away as soon as she came in the room. She closed the door and sat next to Nny on the bed making no eye contact,
"Listen Nny, I'm sorry I haven't spoken to you in the last couple of days it's just…I've had a lot to think about."
Nny didn't answer; he just kept staring at the floor.
"I just wanted to-" Raven stopped talking, Johnny looked up to see her with a shocked expression on her face. She was looking at Mr. Eff sitting in the corner.
"I…destroyed him…why did he make that?!"
Johnny finally realized what she was looking at
"Oh…that's Mr.Eff, he told me that you had met him before when you went inside my mind…he also said you were the one who released him."
Raven looked into Johnny's dark eyes. He didn't seem angry.
"He seemed like…he was the one causing you to murder people and he seemed to cause you a lot of suffering so I tried to destroy him. I thought it would help you Nny but…is that why you have been killing so much lately? Did I just make it worse?"
"I won't lie to you, Eff has been the one to persuade me into committing my recent acts of manslaughter but you haven't done anything to wrong me, infact I feel better then before."
This didn't make Raven feel any better. She was truly afraid she had turned Nny into a monster. "But Nny-"
"Oh just shut the hell up already, he said he feels better now, isn't that enough for you?"
They both turned to Mr.Eff
"Ahh so you can hear me. Good."
Johnny was baffled "You, can hear him too Raven?!"
"I guess so, it's probably because I came in contact with him before."
"Raven was your name yes? Why don't you just mind your own business girl. I appreciate you rescuing Johnny and freeing me and whatnot, but your nosiness is becoming more than irritating."
"Shut up Eff!" Nny and Raven said in unison.
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In the meantime Beast boy had become very curious as to what went on when Raven would go visit Johnny so he thought he'd go take a look. He crept up to Johnny's door quietly and placed his ear on the door. He could hear muffled talking but couldn't understand what they were saying.
"…I think I'll have a little look see on their private conversation myself." He muttered as he transformed himself into a tiny gnat and flew through the small crack below the door. He perched himself in the corner closest to the door and began listening in…"
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Raven didn't feel like arguing with the Styrofoam bastard any longer. She turned to Nny and breathed a deep sigh.
"Johnny, As I said before, I've been thinking a lot and, well, I came here to ask you…would you maybe want to go do something tomorrow. Just the two of us?" She blushed a deep red as she said this
Johnny raised an eyebrow "What brought this on all of a sudden?"
"She started fidgeting with her fingers and turned away a little. "Well…if I'm going to help you…I think I need to get to know you Johnny because I really don't understand you and how can I help you when I don't know where to start? I want you to open up to me, I want you to be able to trust me….although I know I'm not one to talk about opening up to people let alone trusting anyone."
Johnny wasn't sure what to say. He wanted to say he already trusted her but he knew deep down he still held skepticism mainly due to his lack of social contact with anyone excluding when it involved his victims. After a long awkward silence he answered
"Heh, alright, I suppose we could go do something together." A small smile crept on his face
Raven smiled happily "okay, so how about we leave in the afternoon and figure out what we want to do?"
"That sounds fine, now I don't mean to sound pushy but I must prepare for tonight…"
"Again?? Come on Johnny just one night. PLEASE don't kill anyone!"
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Up until Raven had muttered the words "Kill anyone" Beast boy had been almost sorry he came in. He was sick of listening to Raven talking like she was a boy crazy teenager. Beastboy had tried many times to get Raven to go out with him, but every time without even thinking she'd reject him. Now she was asking to go do something with Johnny? He was beyond frustrated. He tried blocking everything else out and decided he should probably leave soon before he hears anything more that could shatter any hope of him being with Raven, But what Raven had just said made Beast boy have full attention.
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"Raven, you know very well whatever you say won't stop me so why are you wasting your breath? At least I'm giving you titans some interesting work to do." He said as he pulled out his long blades from under the bed and put on his trench coat.
"Well…it was worth a try at least." She said sort of laughing.
Johnny climbed up to the window and looked back at raven. "Well, see you tomorrow, I think I'll go check out the café downtown, there were people who were giving me dirty looks there yesterday and I didn't get the chance to work with them. Goodnigh-"
He stopped as he saw a quick flash of green spring from the corner and onto the floor that revealed himself as the green pointy ear kid he had met earlier. Rage was building in his emerald green eyes and his whole body shook with anger.
"You're not going anywhere except a cold hard cell you fucking Psychopath!"
"Beastboy?!" Raven exclaimed. She couldn't believe he had been here the whole time. She usually would've picked up his aura. She was getting sloppy.
Beast boy looked at Raven with cold eyes "How…how could you Rave? How could you Betray us to protect him! He's a Murderer! You saw what he does to people but you still protected him!! I can't believe you'd do that…choose HIM over us!"
Johnny dashed over and before Beast boy could blink, Johnny had grabbed him by the throat and held him hard against the wall lifting him a few inches from the ground. Johnny stabbed one of his blades into Beastboy's right shoulder pinning him to the wall. Beast boy let out a shriek of pain. He started to choke as Nny's grip tightened on his throat. Beast boy looked into Johnny's eyes that were inches away from his face. Johnny pulled out his second blade with his freehand and pointed the tip of the blade in front of Beastboy's heart. Beastboy couldn't find the strength to fight back, his mind went completely blank.
"Now Beast-shit, would you rather suffocate to death? Or shall I end you quickly and rip through your heart?"
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Cliffhanger! Dun Dun DUNNN! Holy monkies that was a lllooonnng chapter! I rewrote this like 20 times and I'm still not happy with how it turned out. Meh, hopefully I'll have a better time with the next one. I think I have a good idea for the next chapter that should be pretty interesting sooo until next time!! Reviews as always are highly appreciated!