Chapter 11
Last chapter was a pretty lame until the end then it got all mushy. I wont bore you with the synopsis of it because more than likely you just finished the last chapter and have moved on. I say this because more than likely when I get to posting the previous chapter this current chapter will be finished an uploaded within the same breath. I hate school computers, I can't access the publishing tab on my account so I am forced to update at home. So please bear with me. Klarion wanna do the honors.
Klarion-Go away.
Me-not gonna happen!
Teekl-Meow!
Me-that was rude.
Teekl-MEOW!
Klarion-*laughs* ok I'll do it! Jem Fukuyama does not own young justice.
Me-just Raven Blu and Cherie Curie the cat. Now ONWARD TO THE BATTLE FIELD!
A few days Raven managed to get Klarion to finally let her return home to grab new clothes and her parents. Raven only hoped they weren't dead yet, given the lack of food and water. She and Cherie Curie made their way to the front door, Raven looked up at her house.
"God it's been so long since I've been here." She said, as she opened the door, which had remained unlocked during her time away. If someone wanted to steal something they would have done it long ago. Cherie meowed.
"So since you're staying with Klarion what are you going to do with this place?" he asked. Raven shrugged.
"Haven't decided yet; I think I might keep it since—let's face it, eventually Klarion and I are gonna need our space after a while." She said, walking up the steps to her room where she found her parents running around in her old fish tank. Well that answered that question.
"Hello parents." Raven said picking the two up by the tails. "Cherie if I set these two out of their cage will you promise not to eat them?"
"I make no such promise, but I'll try." Cherie said, eyeing the two mice. Raven shrugged.
"Good enough for me." She said, then sat the two on the floor; they ran towards the door only to be cut off by Cherie who swatted at them. Raven laughed, then went to her closet. Looking in the mirror at herself she picked at the clothes she was currently wearing. The shirt was torn near the bottom thanks to her encounters with the Justice league and the Team, and her skinny jeans were now a pair of holey jeans.
"God this is terrible, I'll be happy to be out of these." She said, then began to strip down until she was in her underwear. Raven then started digging through her closet for some spare clothes; another graphic Tee with the words 'Strawberry Gashes'* and a picture of a strawberry with a razor blade sticking out of it, and a pair of black baggy jeans. She then headed for her bathroom, but stopped long enough to notice Cherie had her mother by the tail.
"Cherie! I said not to eat them!" she shouted, Cherie dropped them.
"And I said I made no such promise." He said sticking his nose in the air. Raven bent over to pick up her mousey little parents, then put them back in the fish tank.
"You're so cruel Raven dear." Cherie said in a semi-hurt tone. Raven snorted.
"Yeah yeah; I'm gonna take a shower, you stay put." She said, then left to her bathroom, leaving Cherie staring at the tank containing her parents.
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Meanwhile Klarion was bored out of his mind waiting for Raven to return. He sat in his study, a glass of strawberry milk sitting next to him, staring at the book Raven had when they first met. He was reading over some of the spells, when he finally got bored and let out a frustrated sigh.
"This is boring; I'll never understand how she could read this entire thing in a matter of hours." He said, slamming the book shut. Teekl meowed.
"Perhaps she's just a book worm." He said, Klarion shrugged.
"Maybe; I'll leave her to be that then. I hate reading these things; it's so boring." He sighed, Teekl flicked his tail.
"You'll never get the helmet of Fate with that attitude." He mewed, Klarion rolled his eyes.
"And who said I was after the stupid helmet anymore?" He asked, Teekl narrowed his eyes, showing Klarion he wasn't convinced, just then he got a call on his computer screen from the Light. Klarion frowned, the Light had really been bugging him lately for grunt work. He groaned then brought up his computer, and soon saw the faces of every member of the Light.
"Now what?" he asked calmly, even though he really wanted to rip into them for talking about Raven as though she were a distraction. Well she was but she was pleasant one, and it wasn't as if the case was of any real importance anyway. Just some piece of equipment that helped them decode certain kinds of messages.
Savage raised his eyebrow at the boy. He had some nerve considering what had transpired between him and the other members.
"Klarion; what's this sudden interest in some strange human girl?" he asked, Klarion narrowed his eyes.
"Are you still on that?" he asked defensively.
"Quite frankly yes. You've never shown interest in any creature other than yourself and that cat of yours." Luthor pointed out, Klarion grit his teeth. True as it may be Klarion didn't have much interest in the people of this realm however there was something about Raven that caught his attention when they first met. Perhaps it was her dark and twisted personality.
"It's none of your business why. Now was there a real reason to this meeting? Or are you just trying to tick off a Lord of Chaos?" Klarion hissed slamming his fist hard on his desk, making his drink spill onto the rest of the otherwise dry desk. Savage frowned.
"We need you to create a distraction for the Justice League and their side-kicks, one long enough to keep them out of down town Gotham so that one of Lex Luthor's agents may take care of a certain inconvenience." He explained, Klarion cocked an eyebrow. It sounded boring, but at least with Raven at her old house she was safe from whatever the Light had planned for down town Gotham.
"Yeah yeah, I'll do it." He sighed, with that conference ended, leaving Klarion to clean up the mess he had made out of anger.
"I don't trust the way they're acting Klarion." Teekl meowed. Klarion stood.
"What are you talking about?" he asked. Teekl meowed then hopped onto Klarion's shoulders. Klarion frowned.
"They wouldn't do that; Raven has nothing to do with the Light." He said, "Something I plan to keep that way."
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Meanwhile back at Raven's home in downtown Gotham; Raven had just gotten out of the shower, and was now drying off. She was humming the tune to one of her favorite song; Parasite.*
"Just like a butterfly I will fly beautifully, but I will never have grace they hold." She sang as she wrapped her towel around her body so she could comb her hair. She cleaned off the fog from the mirror and instantly screamed. She then turned coming face to face with some goon his face was covered by a ski-mast. The man grabbed for Raven, who grabbed the heaviest object in the area—her hair drier—and smacked the goon across the face. She then ran to the bathroom door throwing it open and running into her room. Where she found Cherie lying on her bed, she slammed the door behind her and locked it. Cherie lifted his head.
"What's going on?" he asked. Raven swallowed hard.
"Some creep snuck into my bathroom and attacked me!" She shouted once she caught her breath. Cherie hissed as they heard multiple footsteps coming toward her room Raven stepped back from the door. Cherie grew to his saber tooth form and growled as the door burst open reveal two guys in ski-masks, who immediately went wide eyed at the sight of a saber tooth cat in the room. Cherie growled, then leapt at the duo, however only succeeding in taking down one while the other ran toward Raven.
"Get away from me!" Raven shouted, grabbing her table lamp and throwing it at her attacker, it missed landing on the floor with a crash. Then the man grabbed Raven by the hair pulling to the center of the room. She struggled but to no avail, the man had a tight grip. Cherie growled and turned from the now dead man and to Raven. The man then reached into his pocket and pulled out a large hunting knife. Raven stared at it wide eyed, and began struggling even harder.
"Nothing personal kid; it's just a job." The goon said, putting the blade to her throat. Raven glared up at the guy.
"S-screw you." She growled, then suddenly sent a surge of electricity through the man's body. He let go of Raven and dropped the knife and fell to the ground. Raven stood, and glared at the man who was staring in fear. Cherie then stood next to her, and growled.
"Forgot I knew magic there for a second." Raven said fixing her towel. She then dipped to the man's level.
"I don't know why you and your buddy tried to kill me; and I don't very much care." She hissed, "But for whatever the reason I hope it was worth your life."
She then shot a large fire ball at the man, incinerating him on the spot. She then sighed, falling to her knees in relief.
"Oh god what just happened?" She said in a shaky voice. Cherie shrunk down to normal size and crawled on her lap.
"That doesn't matter; you're fine now." He meowed, Raven shook her head.
"This is crazy; why would anyone want to kill me? I mean yeah I did some bad stuff with the justice League—but they're not the type to send someone to kill me." She said, then stood. "I gotta tell Klarion. H-he'll know what to do."
"First I think we should do something about that other body." Cherie meowed. Raven turned to the body.
"How am I supposed to get rid of that?" she asked. Cherie's ear twitched.
"Perhaps killing him wasn't the best idea." He mewed.
~0~
After several hours of debating on what to do; and two more hours of actually executing the final plan Raven was finally able to dispose of the would-be assassin's body, Raven sat on her bed exhausted.
"Now what? You don't think whoever sent those guys are going to send another pair of goons do you Cherie." She asked, hugging herself.
"Don't worry about that Raven; just get dressed and we'll get out of here." Cherie meowed. Raven nodded then went to her bathroom where she left her clothes. When she returned she grabbed a week's worth of clothes and Cherie and teleported back to Klarion's house.
When Raven arrived she found the place empty. Raven sighed, she had really hoped he'd be there.
"Where could that punk be?" Cherie hissed, jumping down from Raven's shoulders.
"I'm sure there's a reason he's not here, Cherie." Raven said, Cherie turned to her.
"You were just attacked, he should be here." He growled Raven shrugged.
"It's not like he knows yet. I'll just tell him when he gets back." She said, then moved to the bedroom where she curled up on the bed, and waited for Klarion to return.
It wasn't until Klarion nudged her awake that Raven realized she had fallen asleep. Klarion was standing over her concerned, Raven woke up and hugged him.
"Raven you're a mess what happened?" Klarion asked, Raven broke away still sitting on the bed, she began explaining what all happened.
"I just don't know what to do Klarion; the only people who should be after me are the Justice League and the Team. They don't send assassins to kill people!" she said when she finished. Klarion's expression was unreadable. He then stood and walked the other side of the room.
"What'd these guys look like?" He asked, Raven shrugged.
"I don't know they're faces were covered, and I was too scared to find out who they worked for." She said as Cherie lay on her lap, Klarion thought for a minute then turned to Raven.
"Don't you worry about it then I'll take care of this." He said. He then went to leave the room but Raven grabbed him by the hand.
"Don't go. I really don't want to be alone right now." She said, looking up at him with fear in her eyes. Klarion nodded; of course she was scared, who wouldn't be scared out of their mind after fighting for their lives? He then sat down next to Raven and hugged her tight. Whoever was after Raven he was going make their lives a living hell.
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Meanwhile the Justice League and the Team were having a meeting today's topic, the fight between them and Klarion earlier in the day.
"There's no way someone like Klarion tried to destroy uptown Gotham without some kind of reason." Nightwing said.
"We believe the Light was using him as a distraction for a different plan in downtown; though nothing has come up to prove this; we cannot rule out the possibility." Superman pointed out. The group nodded.
"On another note the other day's events regarding Raven Blu's escape is still up for discussion." Batman said the Team shifted a bit.
"I've looked at the video feed from that day; and I've still not come to any conclusion on how Klarion the witch-boy had gotten inside Raven Blu's cell without the aid of another Team or League member." Batman continued, his gaze landing on Zatana. Zatana glared back.
"What's that supposed to mean?" she asked. "You think one of us helped Klarion take Raven?"
"Well you have been acting strange lately." Wally mumbled. Zatana glared at him.
"Have all of you completely lost your minds?! I wanted to help Raven, but I wouldn't help Klarion take her. He's the one I had been trying to keep away from her since we'd met!" she shouted.
"Even so, you're a main suspect in this, I want you to remain here until we get this all sorted out." Batman said.
"Wait a second Batman; Zatana knows Raven better than anyone here. " Nightwing explained.
"Regardless; Zatana has also gone behind the league's back with as this Mary Tanaza character for years." Hawkwoman said.
"That was to protect Raven; if she knew who Zatana who knows what she would have done." Batgirl said.
"The League has made their decision Zatana you will stay off the case involving Raven Blu." Superman said in an absolute tone. Zatana glared at the team, then stormed off without saying a single word, she was soon followed by M'gaan.
"Zatana wait." M'gaan shouted as she caught up to her in the hallway. Zatana turned.
"No! I'm done waiting! I don't care what the Justice League says; I'm going to save my friend!" she shouted angrily. M'gaan paused.
"Zatana you need to face the fact that Raven isn't your friend anymore; she's tried to kill you three times already." She said, "She even told Batgirl what she was going to do when she found you next."
"I don't care! Whether she wants to believe I betrayed her or not I still consider Raven my friend, and I will save her from Klarion! I'm not going to lose another person I care about because of that spoiled little brat!" Zatana shouted then walked off, "and I'll do it with or without your help."
Zatana's really stubborn isn't she? Honestly I'm pretty sure after the second time my friend tried to kill me I'd just let him/her go. Haha but anyway, review, sorry this chapter was so crappy. Next chapter I'll be getting into some other stuff. Mostly between Raven and Zatana. XD review! Reviews make me so happy! Oh and HURAY! THE ISSUE WITH THE WEBSITE IS OVER SO NOW I CAN UPLOAD FROM MY SCHOOL COMPUTER!