Like an Animal
Chapter 11
Sigh I don't own the fuckin' Teen Titans
Hello my most favorite readers in the world! I have just finished watching stuff by Weird Al Yankovic. I especially like the music video to "Amish Paradise". Good stuff, you should check him out. You should also watch the music video for "Concrete Jungle" by Black Label Society. Now then, on to my main point and whatever. I'm going to add another OG in the future, and he has a past with Raven. Oh, what did they do together that made history??? Well, I don't know, so we'll find out sooner or later, heh-heh. Oh, and I'm going to use someone's advice and write all thoughts and Cere's dialogue in italics.
Raven buried her face into BeastBoy's chest as she awakened. She really, really didn't want to get up from such a comfortable position. But life sucks like that, and when she was up, she was up.
She slowly crept her hand underneath BeastBoy's shirt and swayed her hand across his chest, almost like she craved it. This stirred BeastBoy awake, but he didn't stop her, he simply just laid a palm on her head and played with her violet tresses.
"You're so beautiful BeastBoy," she whispered.
"Shouldn't I be saying that?" he chuckled.
"But you are."
"I don't know whether to take that as an insult or a compliment. Are boys supposed to be beautiful or are you calling me gay?"
"Just take it as a compliment you idiot."
She gave his chest a hard pat then sat up in the bed and stretched.
'Cere'.'
Silence…
'Cere', are you there?'
More silence, and then a reply came.
'Hello Raven,' Cere' replied weakly.
'What's wrong? You sound frail.'
'Yes well, when you were about to die from an overload of your power, I used up all my strength to heal you. Thus, this weakened state I'm in.'
'Is there anything I can do to help?'
'Well, you can sleep like how you did last night. Seeing as I'm in your head your dreams help me restore energy. Some other things would help me, but I don't want you to trouble yourself too much."
'Oh, it won't be a problem.'
'You say that now. I'll give you a taste of what I need, and we'll see.'
Raven grunted to herself as she stood up and walked over to her closet, pulling out a fresh uniform. As she shed her shirt, BeastBoy came up behind her and wrapped his arms around the girl.
"What are you doing?" she smiled.
"Oh nothing," he said as he gave her breasts a few delightful squeezes. Raven's eyes flashed purple for a split second.
As he pulled his hands away, Raven grabbed them and put them back on her chest and forced them to squeeze again.
"Please… don't stop," she breathed.
This surprised BeastBoy, and he hesitated a moment before placing them back on her breasts. He started kneading them slowly.
"Harder," she moaned.
He increased the speed of his movements and used his thumbs to pinch the nipples a little bit. Raven turned around suddenly and grabbed BeastBoy by the neck and kissed him fiercely. She then clutched his ass and hit their pelvises together. BeastBoy grabbed her by the shoulders and pulled her away, his eyebrows furrowed.
"What the hell are you doing?"
Raven's eyes flashed white for a second and she blinked a couple of times. She looked up at BeastBoy, just as confused as he was.
"Uh… I don't… know…"
BeastBoy stared at her hard for a second, then he sighed.
"Whatever. I'm gonna go down to breakfast. Want me to start your tea for you?"
"Yea… sure. Thanks."
BeastBoy walked out the door, scratching his head lazily. Raven walked over to her bed and plopped down on it, befuddled by what had just happened.
'I told you. You just can't handle it Raven.'
'That was you? How the hell did you do that?'
'There are many advantages to being in one's head. So many doors to be open, secrets to be solved… holes to fill with… well you get the point.'
'You sick bas-'
'Ah-ah, I got a little boost of power from that little stunt… enough to manipulate you. I suggest you stay on my good side. Well, I better be going now… I need to rest up some more.'
'No wait! Cere'?'
No reply.
'Cere'!'
"Dammit! Dammit, dammit, dammit!!!"
"Raven, anything wrong?" Robin yelled through the door.
"No, I'm fine. I just can't find my cape is all."
"Oh, okay."
She heard Robin's footsteps walk away, then come back.
"Maybe you should get some anger management for that."
Raven took off her shoe and threw it at the door.
"Just saying… damn."
At the breakfast table, everyone (meaning Raven and Robin) was waiting for Cyborg to finish their meal of eggs, bacon and waffles. BeastBoy, of course, had refused was taking delight in eating his soy-based food.
As they were eating, Robin brought up a subject to talk about.
"So, Raven, when are you leaving for Azarath?"
"Maybe later today, I don't know, whatever time seems the best."
"Um… BeastBoy, Cyborg and I were thinking, that maybe… we could come along too?"
Raven looked around the table at the pleading faces, her eyebrow arched high on her forehead, then she bluntly stated:
"No."
"Raven please! Why not?" BeastBoy whined.
"Because Azarath is a holy and sacred place. Not a vacation spot for three teenaged boys."
"C'mon Rae, we won't treat it like a vacation spot or nothin'. We just wanna see your home town and get away from this place for awhile."
"Come on Raven, we've planned it all out. Titans' East can take over for as long as we need."
"No."
"Please!"
"No."
"Pretty please!"
"No! Will you shut-"
"PLEASE!!!" they all shouted in unison.
"FINE! You guys can come! Just please shut-up!"
They all grinned at her then continued eating, smiling to themselves at persuading their tenacious friend into letting them venture with her to this place called Azarath.
After Raven's vein had disappeared into her forehead, she said, "You guys will need to pack enough clothes for a week."
"A week?"
"Yeah. A day here is a week there… I think… no wait, four days."
"That's weird…"
"It's a different dimension, what did you expect?"
BeastBoy shrugged his shoulders, then downed his milk and put his plate and utensils in the sink… and his cup. Everyone followed after him into the hallway and went into their rooms to start packing.
In BB's Room…
BeastBoy had successfully, against all odds, packed his clothes AND every single comic book he owned into ONE suitcase… and his toothbrush, you gotta have your toothbrush… I mean, you can't brush without it.
Moving on…
In Robin's room…
Robin had packed the essentials: toothbrush, underwear, stuff like that. His clothes mostly composed of black and red shirts and/or wife beaters with dark blue jeans and sunglasses. Books, cologne, a PSP just incase he got bored out of his mind. He picked up his communicator and looked at it hesitantly, then placed it down on his dresser.
In Cy's room…
The only thing Cyborg packed was his portable charger (solar powered) which he put in a compartment in his bicep and a packet of 'emergency meat' in another refrigerated compartment in the other arm. He smiled to himself then walked out into the hallway to Raven's room.
In Raven's room…
In the dresser was a secret compartment in one of the drawers. In that secret compartment was a key. What the key unlocked was something very sacred to the Azarathian monks… the only thing that kept Raven from ever losing control. Raven had gone into that dresser, opened that secret compartment and taken out the key. She set it down in the middle of the floor and drew something similar to an alchemy circle around it, adding some other blessed herbs and items… but the key was the main ingredient.
She sat in front of the circle and chanted, no wait. She had to sing this chant. Slow and entrancing. Purely mesmerizing:
O choruscans lux stellarum, Tu es etiam socia Angelorum Fuge, fuge speluncam antiqui perditoris,
o splendidissima specialis forma
regalium nuptiarum,
o fulgens gemma,
tu es ornata in alta persona,
quae non habet maculatam rugam.
et civis sanctorum.
et veniens veni in palatium Regis.
Azarath metrion zinthos
The boys, by this time, had their ears pressed against the door, listening to her voice which absolutely sent shivers down their spines.
While she was chanting, the items which she had placed in the circle had disappeared into oblivion, save for the key and one other special item that had generated itself right next to it.
It was a small, black chest with a raven elegantly carved into the wood. Raven picked up the key and placed it back in her secret compartment in her dresser. She opened the door, and the boys fell in a messy pile at her feet. They all grinned nervously at her from their awkward position. Raven raised an eyebrow, then simply stepped over them and into the hallway.
A little while later, after they made sure all was intact and that the Titan's East could keep things under control. They arrived back at Raven's room, and she told them all to hold hands which they did reluctantly, and then chant her normal mantra.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" they all shouted.
A portal opened up to their side.
"I'm just gonna tell this to you guys once. Lose your grip… and you will be trapped in between twelve different dimensions for all eternity."
They all gulped as they tightened their hold on each other and their luggage. Raven sighed then stepped through the portal. A searing white light blinded them all for a second, then when the vision became clear they saw myriads of symbols and precious icons whizzing past them at light-speed. Their minds were suddenly filled with a different sense of knowledge of the universe. Not any smarter, just a different view. Before them was a large emblem, which was the entrance to Azarath.
"Brace yourselves!" Raven yelled over the air rushing past their ears.
They tore through the barrier. It almost felt like their souls were actual ripping apart from their bodies. And then, it stopped. They all looked up and staring back at them were the tall spires of Azarath. The boys were in awe. Raven, on the other hand, was staring intently at a handsome, young man with jet black hair that naturally spiked and gray eyes who was running at her, smiling fully.
Once he reached Raven, he kissed her on the cheek and wrapped his arms around her. She noticeably stiffened and blushed enormously.
"Little crow, is that really you?" the man held her at arms length.
Raven raised and eyebrow.
"Um…"
"Don't you remember me?" he asked
She slowly nodded her head 'no'. The man's smile dimmed slightly.
"It's me… Tempus."
Raven's eyes widened and her jaw hung slack.
"T-tempus… is that really you?"
He grinned and nodded happily. Raven smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck. Tempus hugged her around the waist and twirled her around once or twice. After he set her down, they looked each other over.
"You were so short last time I saw you."
"Yes, well… 11 years can really make a difference in height. But I see Azar wasn't so giving towards you-"
"As much as I'd hate to break up this reunion… Raven who is this guy?" BeastBoy asked, his face turning red from jealousy.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Guys, this is Tempus. Tempus, this is Robin, Cyborg and Robin. They're part of the super hero team I joined on earth."
Tempus shook each one of their hands, but BeastBoy held his hand firm and asked:
"So, how do you know Raven?"
"Oh, I was one of those neighborhood boys that hung out with the 'girl next door' I think the earthlings put it. I was her best friend for the longest time, wasn't I Raven?"
"You were my only friend for the longest time I think you mean."
"No I wasn't. You had other friends-"
"They threw rocks at me."
"Oh… well… ahem, would you mind letting go of my hand now? I can't feel my fingers."
BeastBoy released his iron-death grip, and Tempus staggered over towards Raven and hugged her once again.
"I have missed you so much. You just left one day without saying goodbye. You got me depressed for the longest time."
"I'm sorry. I had no choice. Trigon was after me."
"That's alright. You're here now…"
As they continued reminiscing, BeastBoy watched them with a jealous rage boiling inside of him… slowly overtaking him…
So how'd ya like that chapter? I thought it was okaaaayyyyyy. Not my best piece of work, but it was… acceptable? Anyways, if you want to hear what that chant really was, just go to healingchants. com and scroll down to the one purple lettered think called meditation chants and click listen. Very beautiful. I love Latin chants. I my friends think it's weird, but I don give two shits.
Well, now that I think about it, the beginning of the chapter was pretty good in my opinion, but near the end… er… it could've been better, ya know?
Fuck, this chapter was short, I need to start writing longer ones, ya know...