Chapter 11
"RAVEN, WHATS TAKING YOU SO LONG!" Said Wize as he tried his very best to keep a hold of a giant worm creature that decided the city looked like an all you can eat buffet." Kind of hard to concentrate with your complaining." Raven shot back, reclosing her eyes, as she chanted." REALLY! MY SINCERIST APOLOGIES!" Wize said, as the worm smacked into a building in an attempt to knock him off." IT'S NOT LIKE IM HOLDING ON FOR MY LIFE!" the Worm yet again slams itself into the ground, and shook violently to get him off.
" OH GREAT! SHE CAN'T HEAR ME! OH JOY!" Wize complained as he saw raven meditating, and more than likely escaped into her mental mindscape to tune out Wize's yelling.
The worm whips up quickly flinging Wize into the air." OHHHH CRAP!" Wize screamed as the worm caught him with its mouth. Raven finally finished her incantation, her eyes shining brightly she spoke the final words." Azerath, Metrion, Zinthos!" the creature was now surrounded by a black aura and began to spasm, before it finally fell to the ground motionless." All right cry baby, where are you?" Raven said as she looked around the wrecked area of concrete and dust. She then turns to the fallen worm, hearing a faint sound of muffling." Well, that's…unfortunate." She said, taking a step away from the downed worm.
Suddenly, a tip of a fiery blade popped out of the worm's belly, as it swiftly cut a way out for our now grossed out young friend.
" *cough*...I don't feel so good." Wize said shuttering at the fact that he's covered in goo, with his coat and shirt half torn." Great, just great, my favorite coat is now once again ruined." Wize said dispersing his sword." I need a new outfit. What do you think?" Wize said looking to see Raven already flying away from the scene." Oh lovely, you let me get eaten by a worm, my coat is torn, and now your leaving me here stranded. Lovely as ever I see." Wize said as he walked the same direction she was flying." One: it was your idea to hop on its head to begin with, Two: why is your choice in clothing my problem? Three: you stink." Raven said continuing her flight just ahead of Wize. Suddenly the titans jingle was heard, leaving Wize to answer the communicator." BeastBoy to dudes! You take down the baddy yet?"
"Yeah we're done here….hey what do you think about me getting a new costume?"
(Titans Tower)
"No." Wize simply said as Beastboy held out a green outfit with a reverse 'R' on its chest." C'mon dude the chicks dig the green!" Beastboy said cocking his eyebrows." I don't. "Wize said walking out of the room." I don't believe I was sane, when I asked for your help in this matter." Wize continued on down the hallway, as Starfire walked down passed him, overhearing the conversation." Friend Darren, what is the matter you need help with?" he looked at Star, and then sighed." Alright, shot in the dark, but here it goes. I need help in coming up with a new costume, sense my coat is now in ruins yet again." Star gasped with glee, grabbing hold of Wize's arm, then proceeded to run down the hall to her room and began to take measurements with measuring tape.
" Um Kory this may be a Tamaranian thing, but mind explaining what's going on, for the sake of the human presence?" Wize asked nervously as she measured the length of his right arm sleeve." Do not worry friend, I shall make you a battle uniform with no equal!" StarFire said while taking measurement of the torso." Um that's sounds nice but-"He was quickly interrupted, as Starfire slapped a scrapbook in his hands." I have made several designs for all our friends, yet I have not had the time to come up with one for you friend." Star Fire said, while she took measurements of the pant legs." Huh. Not bad." Wize said stopping on a picture of what look like Robin, but in a black and blue suit, with the title written as: NIGHTWING." These are pretty-HEY!" Wize said dropping the book to the floor, seeing Star was getting a little uncomfortably close to the unmentionables." What's the matter?" She asked, while still trying to take measurements despite the struggle." That part won't be necessary." Darren said trying to back away." Tamaranian stitching must be done with proper measurements of all places, or the outfit will come out a disaster." She said pinning him against the wall." Whoa! Maybe you could just fix my coat!"
"Nonsense! Now hold still."
(Out in the hall)
Saying Robin was not happy would be an understatement. He was fuming when he heard that Starfire had dragged Wize into her room and that they haven't left the room for almost an hour." This better not be what I think it is." Robin knocked on Stars door only to hear something that disturbed him deeply." H-hey don't touch me there! Hands off!" A voice said." BE STILL." A stern voice said." You burned my belt off!" That was it He was going in." Star where's-"Robin stopped to see, Wize's pants practically off with star kneeling in a compromising position." Whoa this isn't what you think. She just wanted to measure-wait that won't come out right…" Wize said trying his best to pull his pants up. Robin face began to glow red with fury." Robin is something wrong?"
Ah crap." Wize said, as he dodged a kick to the head, trying to go for the door while dodging a few birdarangs."GET BACK HERE!" Robin yelled as he chased him out the door." Friends, please don't fight!" Starfire chases after them. "You got the wrong idea!" Wize said taking a stance which unfortunately caused his pants to fall down revealing his superman boxers. Raven was walking by only to spot Wize and Robin fighting, While Wize's Pants where on his ankles.
" Ok...More than I needed to see this evening." She said as she continued walking." Yet, Strangely enough im not surprised."
Wize quickly pulled his pants back up, while avoiding a few swift punches." STOP!" Starfire said, releasing a star bolt into the ceiling. Both Wize and Robin looked at her with wide eyes. Cyborg ran out of his room only to see a gaping hole above him." Ah man! This isn't happening!" He said knowing that he would be the one having to fix it." Sorry." She said with a smile.
(In the TV Room)
"So let me get this straight. You asked her for help in making a new costume due to the fact that your old one kept getting torn apart in battle, and she decides to start taking measurements in 'THAT' region of your body?" Robin said with a twitch in his eye." That is correct." Starfire said, while she doodled in her sketch book." Is that not normal on your planet?"
"No, Kory. It's not normal" Robin said rubbing the bridge of his nose in frustration." Hey Kory how did you get the measurements for Robins suit?" Wize asked while leaning back into the couch." What measurements and what suit?" Robin asked." Oh ignore him he's just trying to, how do you say? Mess with you? Yes I believe that is correct. Uh, Robin could you please get me my eraser? It should be in my room on my desk." Star asked not taking her eyes of the sketch." Uh sure Star." Robin said getting up from the couch and made his way to the hallway. A deathly silence filled the room for a moment, fallowed by a loud 'twack', then a yelp. Robin returned with said eraser only to find Starfire still drawing, and wize rubbing the side of his head." I thought I heard someone yell, is everything alright?" Robin asked handing Star the eraser she requested." Nothing wrong here." She said, still not taking her eyes off the drawing." Yeah I just hit my head is all?" Wize said getting up from the couch." With what?" Robin asked as he walked away." Can't remember." He replied quickly, then realized it was the dumbest reply he has ever made. Starfire must have hit him a little too hard.
" Err uh gotta go bye!" Wize said quickly leaving the room. Wize continued on down the hall back to his room passing by Cyborg who was still fixing the hole created by Starfire. As he walked he felt a presence around him that was familiar. He moved quickly into his room, locking the door behind him." What is it that you need of me?" He asked as the bright being from before showed her face." Darren you know very well why I'm here. I hear and see the distress of your heart." She said, as she took a few steps towards him." That shouldn't be anyone's concern right now. Has he made his move?" Wize asked, taking a seat in the chair near his desk." He has." She said, her expression still unchanging, and unyielding." And let me guess, you're not going to tell me a thing." Wize said placing his hand over his own face in contempt." You guess correctly."
"Then why did you come!" Wize said, getting out of the chair, while knocking it down in anger. To which the glowing being still unyielding before the display of anger replied." To guide you as I always have." She said, but this time solemnly. "Really, like when I lost my memory, and you were nowhere in sight." Wize shot back at her."You know well enough you can't see us without accurate control over Seth which you lost when-"
"When I lost! Was that what you were gonna say! When my hatred got a hold of me, and my powers left me! When my own ego clouded my judgment, and duty in which case as to his design my powers are to leave me to protect the innocents from my wrath!" Wize punched the wall, but instead of breaking the wall, the wall made his knuckles bleed." Like now..." Wize said as he sat down looking at the blood on his hand. Remembering all that has happen, that led him down this path, all that he lost in the process of fighting the evil of the world, as was his duty. His Father, His brothers, his sisters, his friends, and most of all her. He felt the guilt of not being able to protect her. He then remembers the night he shared a dance with Raven, what she had told him.
" 'You can't protect everyone' she says...Some guardian I am, some servant I am to him, if I can't even protect the people most dear to me, and worst of all losing them over my own anger, my own mistakes...I should have died that day." Wize said placing his other hand over his forehead as he leaned back against the wall. The bright entity walked over to wize and took hold of his bleeding hand." You're too hard on yourself." She simply said." Easy for you to say. You're an agent of mercy. God, if Raphael were here he'd chew my ass out for getting riled up in that fight." Wize said seeing that his hand was now being healed." Even an angel of wrath knows human suffering Darren, not only I or Mercy." She said taking a seat next to him." And you know better than to question your own loyalties Darren."
"That's the funny part. I can't..." He said bringing his head low." I can't bring myself to doubt him. I can't bring myself to hate him for allowing that monster to reach Lilith and the others, what my family went through." His eyes now began to water." No matter how much I try, my heart is set, no matter how much I want to grieve." She places her hand on his shoulder." And to top it off, I didn't even have time to grieve for her."
" Lilith was special to you, and losing her brought a great weight on your heart. There is no doubt in that. Would she want you to be wallowing in self-pity." Wize sighed at the truth of her words.
"But if you want to bring him to justice you must remember who you are, you must remember why you fight him. The Devine order of Seth is to bring righteousness to the wicked and protect the innocent from the enemies from this world and the beyond. Remember the oath you made to your father, and Lilith, remember the oath you made to the Almighty. By this you shall not fail. Be at peace Darren…" With that said she disappeared.
" Great, I pour my heart out to an angel of mercy, and she goes, and disappears on me again." Wize then thought about Raven again for a moment." Yeah she isn't the only one giving me the cold shoulder." He sighs as he gets up and walks out of his room." FRIEND!" Starfire said while hiding something behind her back." Whoa!" Wize backed up after being startle by a very excited Starfire." I have completed your Costume!" She said as she held out a garment in her hands. Wize just stared in awe at the incredible work that was done." Amazing…" was all he said.
(In the main room)
"Alright time for patrol. Who's getting north and west of the city?" Robin asked looking at a clipboard." I think that's me and Cyborg today." Beastboy said handing Cyborg the keys to the T car." Alright south and east?"
"That's us." Wize said walking out making everyone turn their heads at the sight of his new costume. He wore what looked like a trench coat with loose sleeve as if park of a robe with metal wrist guards and the end of the coat reaching mid-calf. The pants he wore were red matching the colors of the whole suit with addictional colors of black and gold. , on his chest a solid vest of armor with strange marking on it, and with a 'W' dead center of it with Gold and red colors with some sort of straps hung down around his waist. Of course it came with a hood, and Wize's signature mask.
" Couldn't go without the mask huh?" Cyborg said, while they all proceeded to the front entrance." It gives me character." He said smiling under the mask." Seems like Star knows her stuff." Robin said grabbing his motorcycle helmet." Damn straight she does. She even fixed my coat." Wize said stretching his arms to break into his new suit." Alright you know your routes, meet back around two. Move out!"