Four years ago yesterday, I met the love of my life. It's been a great four years and I am so excited for the next four years and even more to come. I love her and our little boy so much!
It goes without saying with the holiday season that ill be taking a short break. Which is understandable and awesome since this is the last chapter for "Slumber Party".
The upcoming story wasn't planned but should be an interesting interlude were we'll take a break from the Seven Sins and have fun with other things.
As always, thanks to those who follow, review, favorite or just read.
Last time Malundra, Terra, and Rose help to save Raven from a horrifying fate. Luckily with some mysterious new friends they were able to save the girl in time for her and a certain changeling to have some cute fluffiness.
Now we wake up from the Lust filled evening and we see how everyone will react.
please review and enjoy the last chapter of "Slumber Party."
Chapter 12: Punishment
Jump City Memorial Hospital. 5:30 AM
The doctors were baffled. There was no way that this was possible, true a fall from two stories wasn't enough to kill most people, but when you weighed less then a hundred pounds the odds weren't in your favor. Yet Adonis had all of his major injuries just vanish, sure most of his bones were still broken, but for the most part he was going to live. No one could explain it, and Adonis wasn't arguing. In fact he was supine on his bed with a smug grin on his face, thinking to himself that nothing was ever going to get the best of him.
He stirred in his bed, fiddling with the handcuffs that attatched him to the railing, and listened to the hustle and bustle of the hospital staff around him. A few nurses and doctors passed ugly looks towards the villain, clearly aware of what he was accused of. Adonis however wasn't bothered by this, in fact he enjoyed the fact that he was feared, or given attention now even if it wasn't positive. He nestled into his bed when the lights above him began flickering. He looked up at the lights as nausea began to settle into his stomach, complete with a cold shiver running down his spine. He adjusted his bed so that he was in a sitting position. In the corner of the room sitting on one of the chairs was a man in a fine pressed suit, polished shoes, combed jet black hair and cold lifeless eyes...and they were staring at Adonis.
Adonis chuckled at the man who was sitting cross legged on the chair. "You my lawyer or something?" The man didn't answer, he just continued to stare at the miscriant as if he was reading his mind. Adonis shifted in his bed, the man's stare making him uncomfortable.
After another five minutes of silent staring the man finally spoke. "You know what the biggest misconception about demons is?" Adonis just stared quietly not saying anything to the man who was speaking with a thick british accent so the man continued. "People are under the impression that demons force people to commit sin. The whole 'devil made me do it' kind of thing. However minus a few undesireables, that has never been the case. We don't force people to do anything."
Adonis raised a brow. "You a demon?"
The man grinned. "Not just any demon my friend. Name's Landon and I am the King of Demons."
Adonis laughed which made him start to cough. "Am I supposed to be impressed or something?"
Landon shrugged. "Probably not. But a little gratitude would be nice."
"Gratitude? For what?"
"Why for keeping you alive of course. True a two story fall dosen't kill most people, but you, weighing at best a buck five, should have died on impact. Until of course I pulled strings to make sure you made it here safe and sound."
Adonis looked at Landon with a puzzled look. "Why would you do that for me?"
It was Landon's turn to laugh. "Well going back to my earlier statement, demons don't force people to sin," he uncrossed his legs and leaned forward placing his elbows on his knees, "we punish them for it. Now usually what will happen is, a soul comes to hell, we punish them for their crimes, they turn around become a punisher themselves, then eventually a demon and around and around we go you see. So if you were to have died you would have come down to my domain for some good ol' fashion hell fun."
Adonis gulped. "But y-you saved me right?"
"Oh yeah of course I did." he said matter-of-factly. "You see if I let you die you would just repeat the pattern that so many have done before you, and now I ask you," Landon had a wicked smile, that was all teeth, spread across his face that made the blood in Adonis veins run cold, "where is the fun in that?"
Adonis could feel the room get colder, the shadows beginning to creep along the walls like hands that were reaching towards him. The instruments in the room beginning to shake, and spark with electricity. Landon stood up and headed for a nearby mirror and started to fix his hair and straighten his suit, the chaos still swimming silently about the room.
"You see Adonis. I'm not going to kill you. In fact I want you to live a nice looooooooong life. As much as I look forward to you gracing my kingdom with your presence, I'd perfer you to stay topside just a little bit longer. You should be flattered after all. I have a few spaces reserved in the pit and you just happen to be one of them. There other's I'm exicted to meet once they meet their demise. The clown fellow from Gotham, that bald guy from Metropolis, and so on." Landon started to trail off and speak to himself. "Although now that I think about it, I don't think the clown will even be in Hell, you know human with no soul and all that. Hm, I need to talk to someone in my D.R. (Demon Resources) department about that."
The heart moniter that was attatched to Adonis began to beep erratically, his breath becoming shallow. "Why? Why are you doing this to me?"
Landon turned to the injured boy. "My dear friend Malundra, the witch that attacked you, got a good look into your mind and let me know the details of what you were planning to do with the young Titan, Raven, and what you did to that girl a few days ago. When I took my own trip into your mind a few minutes ago I saw that she was correct." Landon took a seat at the edge of the bed causing the heart moniter to continue to spike and Adonis to begin shaking. "You see Raven doesn't like me that much, sort of a guilty by association kind of thing, I don't know I don't take it personally, but I'll have you know that I like Raven. I like her very much. So much in fact I've come to look at her as a daughter of sorts." Landon leaned closer to Adonis making sure his icy sulfer laced breath was blowing into the deviants face. "And we both know what fathers do to those that hurt their daughters, don't we?"
The moniter connected to the boys heart began to spike loudly making an almost deafening pinging, but both of them froze when they heard a buzzing coming from Landon's phone. Landon reached into his suit pocket and withdrew the device, frustrated that he had been interrupted.
"Hm, looks like I have to get back to Hell. Apparently demons, and Sin powers don't mix well." Landon stood up buttoning his coat. "I have an associate of mine stopping by. Now be nice to her, after all she's going to be with you for the rest of your life." He got another dark smirk on his face. "I'll see you in hell Adonis." Landon vanished in black mist, but the room didn't drop in temperature and the shadows continued to crawl along the walls towards Adonis. He searched his room, but found it to be completely empty, after a moment alone of anxiously waiting he slowly lowered his head back down onto his pillow, and flicked the switch to halp him lean back.
Until his eyes caught the sight of a women on the other side of the room.
His head shot up, noticing the pale, naked, curvacious women emerging from the darkness. She had a wonderful hourglass figure with long black hair that cascaded down her body, drapping over her shoulders covering her bare breasts. She let her mouth drop open slightly and she began to brush the tip of her tounge along her lips enciting arousal from Adonis.
He snickered. "So this is my punishment then huh? No problem there." The women had a straight face, but Adonis recognized the lust-filled look in her eyes. The women lifted herself onto the bed and slowly began to crawl over him until she met his gaze, her long black hair tickling Adonis as she crawled over him. She made sure to keep herself close to him as her breasts slid across his body. Adonis could feel himself getting more and more excited as this women continued to seduce him.
"You know I'm starting to like this Landon guy." he said. The women finally came to his face and locked her eyes with his. She had no emotion behind her eyes, but he didn't care, he wanted her now. Looking him over she then began to slither her tounge into his mouth. Adonis was quietly begging for more as she moved her tounge around his mouth, then he felt a preassure on top of his chest. He let out a muffled grunt as the pain in his chest intensified, soon it became unbearable and he shoved the women off of him. Snapping his eyes open he froze in horror as the beautiful temptress faded away. Her skin becoming leathery and cracked, her teeth falling out of her once beautiful smile, her hair falling out in clumps around his head, her eyes becoming sunken and blood red.
Adonis couldn't find his voice as the pressure in his chest intensified, he suddenly found himself unable to move, as if she was pinning him down. She began to cackle maddly digging her nails into his chest drawing blood. This caused Adonis to finally let out scream that was so intense it ripped against his throat. He needed to remember this feeling for it would be the last time that he ever would scream.
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Titans Tower
Kole took another deep breath of the pillow she found herself laying on, a gentle smile forming on her lips as she did. It smelled like a campfire, and a river flowing from the top of a mountain peak. It reminded her of camping under the stars. Surprisingly taking in the scent of the pillow was helping the headache she woke up with. At first she woke up feeling like someone had hit her in the head with hammer, then with five more hammers, then one more. Yet laying on the soft bed, cuddling into the pillow, her discomfort slipped away breath by breath.
Wait.
Why was she in a bed? She was supposed to be in the living room asleep in a sleeping bag. And yet...
She finally opened her eyes and got up to a sitting position, leaving behind her contentment, and took a look around. This one look was all she needed for her memory to start flooding back. She went as white as a ghost, finally aware of where she was, what she had done, and what she was wearing. She took a look under the covers to see that she was still wearing the aqua blue corset that she had purchased the day before. She hurridly covered herself with the sheet, a blush creeping up her entire body.
Oh god, I'm...wearing...and I tried to...oh...god...OH GOD! But I didn't...we didn't...OH GOD!
Looking around again she saw a small pink duffelbag on the desk chair on the right side of the bed. To her surprise it was her duffelbag that she had brought with her for the evening filled with clothes and toilitries. She took a sweep of the room one more time, making sure she was completely alone, then bolted for the closet, grabbing her bag in the process. Fortunately for her the closet was large enough so she could change with the door locked tight.
She removed her undergarments as fast as she could...without ruining it...making sure to stuff them into the deepest corner of her duffelbag hoping to never see it again...anytime soon. She dressed herself in a pink turtle neck long sleeved shirt with light blue jeans, and slipped on a pair of wedge sandals. Once she was finished she zipped up her duffle bag and exited the closet. However in her rush to change she didn't hear someone enter the bedroom, none other then it's owner.
Drake Daniels stood by the desk with a tray of food in his hands. It was piled with eggs, toast, bacon, sausage, fruit and some juice, clearly meant for two people to enjoy. Probably the most eye catching about the tray was a small vase with a single rose.
They froze for a moment staring at each other, each wishing they had the power to read minds just to hear what the other was thinking. Kole couldn't help but feel her face begin to burn with the previous evenings events in the forefront of her mind. Judging by the blush across the powerless Dragon Knights face, he was thinking the same thing.
So this is what it feels like to blush? he thought to himself. I hate it.
Drake cleared his throat and fidgeted slightly. "I thought you might be hungry. I didn't know what you liked so I made a little of everything-"
"It's okay." Kole said hurridly. "I just...just need to go." She bolted for the door, her eyes planted firmly on the floor in heated embarressment.
Drake barely had enough time to set the tray down and sidestep in between her and the exit. "Kole wait!"
"Drake just let me go please." she begged still not meeting his gaze, her grip tight around the straps over her duffelbag.
"Not until we talk about this." Drake said persistantly.
"Theres nothing to talk about." she almost shouted. Drake could see tears start to form in her eyes. "Just please let me leave."
Drake felt his heart breaking for the poor girl, he knew she was humiliated in every sense of the term, but he didn't want to leave things like this. "Kole listen to me. You weren't yourself-"
"It dosen't matter." Kole finally looked up at him. Meeting his gaze with tear stained blue eyes. "Even if I was under a spell, or mind control, little robots or whatever. The fact of the matter is that deep down inside I wanted to do those things last night." She bit her lip in attempt to stop herself from sobbing uncontrollably. "I feel so dirty..."
Drake took a cautious step towards her. "Kole it's ok to have those kinds of feelings. You know that right?"
She nodded, tucking a loose strand of pink hair behind her ear. "But you don't want to get to know anyone or anything like that, and I just pretty much shouted in your face that I am attracted to you." She froze, unsure if she had just said what she said, but the look on his face told her she had. She cleared her throat, not intent on taking back what she said. "And you aren't attracted to me, or don't want to do open up to anyone, because you think your a monster or-"
"Well maybe I do!" Drake's mouth dropped, now it was his turn to gawk at what he had just confessed to. Her eyes went wide asking the question if Drake had just said what she thought he said. Drake eyes darted around his room as if watching a bug zip about his room, but summoning up his courage he followed up with, "You heard me."
She struggled with trying to find words to speak. "B-but, I-I thought that-"
Drake knew where she was going with the line of questioning so he gently took her hand and led her to his bed where the sat down next to each other, not releasing her hand.
"Kole let me be clear," he paused a moment looking down at her wrists and his breath hitched with shock. She had light purple bruises on her wrists where he had restrained her with his belt. Kole saw him staring and the guilt in his expression so she quickly covered her wrists. "Kole I am...so...sorry..."
"It's ok." she said comfortingly trying to pull his gaze away from her wrists. He raised a brow at her choice of words. "Well it's not ok, but if you hadn't done that, this talk may be a lot messier."
Drake wore a ghost a smile continuing with his explaination. "Kole yes I have killed before. I've killed a lot, and thats not even at the top of my list of things I'm not proud of. Monsters, demons, humans, I've killed a little bit of everything, and the thing is...I never lost a nights sleep because of it. Killing never bothered me...at least until I met you," her eyes widened slightly, "you as in the Titans, the Teen Titans." She seemed a little disheartened, but she was still hanging on every word. "You Titans...you heroes remind me of everything I wish I could've been, or could be and for the longest time I never thought I had a chance at a life that I could be proud of...until I met you guys. I guess I would like to give this 'hero life' a try," his grip got a little tighter on her hand, "and maybe some other things."
Kole just stared slightly dumbfounded by what he was saying, and yet she felt her insides begin to flutter. "Wh-what are you saying Drake?" she asked finally.
Drake thought for a moment. "Well I guess what I'm saying is...would you like to join me in some breakfast?" Drake gestured to the tray of food on his desk.
She took a look at the food then with a small blush and a smile answered, "That sounds...nice."
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"PLEASE TELL ME THAT WAS ALL JUST A DREAM?!" Came the shriek of the Titan East Leader. "DON'T LOOK AT ME!" Robin spun around shutting his eyes to avoid looking in her direction.
Flustered, Robin extended his arm so that it was parallel to the ground holding up a black duffelbag. "I brought you your clothes." he said shakily.
"JUST LEAVE IT BY THE DOOR! DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT LOOKING BACK AT ME OR I WILL ZAP YOUR EYES OUT!" Robin stepped backwards until his back was against the window of her cell, his eyes clenched shut as if his life depended it. He dropped the bag right by the door. "NOW STEP AWAY!" She ordered.
"Bee I'm right here you don't have to scream-."
"ROBIN GODDAMMIT!" Robin practically ran away from her cell, trying to fight back a laugh. "IF YOU SO MUCH AS THINK ABOUT LAUGHING, SO HELP ME GOD!" Robin bit his lip, feeling the soft sensation of StarMouse on his shoulder, which reminded him of his next task.
Zatanna was laying on the ground of her cell rubbing the palms of her hands on her eyes.
"How are you feeling Z?" Robin asked approaching the cell window.
She looked at him with a half smile and bloodshot eyes. "I feel like I was just hit by a planet." She groaned.
Robin chuckled. "What do you remember?"
Zatanna sighed flinging her arms to the side. "Everything. Me trying to undress in front of you, and me trying to kill Starfire," her eyes fell on the orange mouse on Robin's shoulder, "And I remember that too." Zatanna motioned to StarMouse. With a groan as if her body weighed a thousand pounds, she got to her feet and shakily walked to the window. "Kcab egnahc." The orange mouse was wrapped in a cloud of magical energy that lifted her from Robin's shoulder and lowered her to the floor. Finally the cute orange mouse was replaced with the gorgeous alien princess.
Starfire floated in the air clapping and laughing. "Oh I am so happy to not be a tiny Rodentia anymore."
Zatanna chuckled. "Starfire I am so sorry about last night."
Starfire landed in front of the window. "Worry not, new friend Zatanna, we were under the power of Lust, so we are not at fault."
While the two girls spoke Robin began to unlock the cell door.
"Well duh we were under lust." Zatanna said exiting the cell.
"Actually Z, Starfire means Lust in a literal sense." Zatanna furrowed her brow in confusion and concern as Robin began to explain the situation.
"WHERE'S SPARKY?!" Bumble Bee exited her cell glaring at the Boy Wonder. She was dressed in her usual superhero uniform and wearing a dark look in her eyes, smoke figuritively errupting from her ears.
"Uh he's up in the med bay. But Bee-" Bumble Bee didn't give him a chance to explain further. She flew off towards the medical wing with Robin holding his hand out to stop her.
"What is wrong with friend Bumble Bee?" Starfire asked innocently.
Robin flushed. "She's a little embarressed by how she acted last night."
Starfire however seemed confused. "And that is friend Cyborgs fault? What does she have to be embarressed by? She has a lovely body, shouldn't she be proud to show it off." Zatanna snorted a laugh at the aliens naivete, while Robin blushed slightly.
"Well...you see Star...uh...that kind of thing only happens when two people are...you know...dating or married..." Zatanna tried to hold back a laugh watching her old friend attempt to explain the situation.
Starfire held a finger to her chin in thought. "So if friend Bumble Bee did those things, that mean she has 'the feelings' for Cyborg?"
This question wasn't as silly to Robin this time. "Well no, not really. Lust tapped into our basic carnal desires in order for us to go nuts on each other. Maybe Bumble Bee had a crush on Cyborg way back in the day, but I don't think she does now."
Starfire nodded. "Hmm so why would Lust want us to give into the 'carnal desire', is it not good to be in love and then wish to be with that person on a physical level?"
Zatanna raised a brow in admiration for the princesses line of questioning. They were good questions and she was curious how Robin would respond.
Robin tugged at the collar of his uniform as he thought of the right way to explain this. "Well Star, love and lust are two different things. Lust makes you want to hide from others, lust brings shame and guilt, it makes you selfish, or crazy and makes you look at men or women as just objects. When you love someone though, you want to be a better person not just for them but for everyone around you, love is forever, love makes you want to shout it from the rooftops about that person. What Lust did to you guys would have ended up with hurt feelings and shame."
Both Zatanna and Starfire inwardly swooned at the speach about love from the Boy Wonder. Starfire clapped lightly. "Oh how I wish to have 'the love' someday. I wish someone to yell from the tops of houses about me." She giggled excitedly causing Robin to blush. He more than anything wanted to shout it from the rooftops about his alien teammate, but first.
"Hey Star do you want to go upstairs to the living room. We have some guests here that could probably use some breakfast."
Starfire gasped. "Guests?! Oh I love having guests. I shall see to them immediately." She let out another gasp, louder this time. "I must go find the others, we are still slumber partying!" She flew off towards the stairway and headed up for the OPS center.
While Starfire was gushing about love and someone loving her, Zatanna got a sad look come over her face, which Robin noticed instantly.
"Z, I-" he stared but a white gloved hand cut him off.
"Robin you don't need to say anything. I know you and I ended on good terms years ago, but I guess a part of me still held on. I guess I never thought of you as the dating or moving on type." she said sadly.
Robin sighed saddly as well. True they took their seperation well, but Robin made it clear he was more focused on being a hero. His committment to that decision faltered when he met Starfire. "I'm sorry Z, back in those days I was obsessed with hero work, and making sure everyone was safe and in the process I hurt a lot of people."
Zatanna looked away when she felt a tear slip down the side of her face. She composed herself and put on a fake smile. "Well, I'm happy you found someone you care about Robin. She is diffenately someone worth fighting for."
Robin smiled, but still hurt for his friend. He placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. "You know you are too Z. Your probably one of the best people I know, and any person would be lucky to be with you."
Well I was hoping that would be you, she thought to herself, but kept the facade going. "Thanks Robin."
They smiled to each other, then Robin headed for the stairwell that led to the OPS room. Zatanna hung back still feeling sad and heartbroken.
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Once Starfire had gotten to the hallway where the common room/kitchen area was located, she was hit with the wonderful smell of breakfast being made.
Mmmmm I wonder what Cyborg is making for us this morning? she thought hungrily. Gasp! I hope we have plenty of mustard. Starfire flew into the living room to find that Cyborg wasn't making breakfast as she assumed. She recognized the golden blonde hair of the former Titan, Terra, in the kitchen humming to herself while putting jelly on different pieces of toast. The other woman in the kitchen, who was busy making scrambled eggs, she didn't know, nor did she recognize the girl with the platinum blonde, almost white, hair sitting on the couch.
Terra glanced up at Starfire with a smile. "Hey Star. I hope you don't, mind we made breakfast this morning."
Starfire beamed. "I do not mind at all!" She flew over to Terra wrapping her in a hug, once her bones started cracking did she finally set her down. Starfire then turned her attention to the red head also in the kitchen. She was laughing to herself watching the two girls interact. Starfire gave her a smile. "Greetings! I am Starfire of Tameran, and who might you be?"
Malundra smile, wiping her hands on nearby towel. "My name is Malundra."
Terra took over from there. "She was the one who took me in so long ago."
Starfire gasped again. "It is wonderful to meet you, K'norfka of friend Terra." Starfire opted to just shake her hand even if her vigorous shaking threatened to rip the womens arm off. Malundra was familiar with many different languages yet she wasn't familiar with the word she had used, but she still smiled warmly to her.
"And I'm Rose." They were approached by the other girl in the room who was nosily chewing on an apple. Starfire floated about the living room clapping her hands.
"Oh I have the happiness! So many new friends!"
"Well lets not get ahead of ourselves Star." Robin and Zatanna had come through the giant hole in the wall were the doors were supposed to be. "We have some debriefings to do." He zeroed in on Terra. "Especially since some of you didn't follow orders." Terra gave a sheepish grin and attempted to hide herself from his gaze behind her blonde hair. "However if you had, Raven would probably be in bad shape right now."
Starfire placed her hands on her face. "I must go check on Raven immediately." As fast as Robin could say good idea she was already gone.
Robin turned back to the group seeing that they were all new to him. "Well all that stuff can wait till later. I have to make a run to the hospital the morning to give my statements about the attack by Adonis last night."
The cheery attitude in the room dropped at the name of the boy who attempted to defile their friend. Malundra especially had a dark and angry look come across her eyes. She turned away so no one could see her anger which was evident in her body language as she jabbed at the eggs with a spatula.
"If I had my way I would have skinned that little worm alive last night." A crack of salmon colored energy shot from her forehead creating long cracks across some of wooden cabinets.
Rose had finished her apple by now and tossed it in the garbage. "Go Mal." she said.
"As much as I agree with you, Malundra is it?" she nodded to Robin indicating that was her name. "It's not up to us to be judge and jury. We're heroes not vigilantes." Robin's ear twitched when he heard soft laughing coming from the magician next to him. "What?"
"Oh nothing. You just sounded exactly like Batman just now." She giggled.
Robin rolled his eyes, knowing that she was right, however everyone turned their heads toward the giant hole. Laughing and talking was echoing from the hallway and quickly approaching. Drake and Kole entered the OPS room carrying an empty tray and conversing happily with each other. The group in the common room couldn't help but notice their wide smiles, and a small rose placed just above the girls ear.
They stopped talking when they saw everyone staring at them. "Uh...morning?" Drake said not in the least bit uncomfortable unlike Kole who blushed slightly.
"So what have you two been doing?" Zatanna asked with a sly smirk.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" Drake shot back which only earned him a smack from Kole. "What we were just talking with each-"
Crash!
Everyone's knee jerk reaction was to take a fighting stance towards the noise. To their relief it was just a plate that was dropped. Everyone stared curiously at the women by the sink who had dropped the plate.
"Mom-er-Malundra are you ok?" Terra asked cautiously approaching her side. Malundra didn't answer, her eyes were fixed on the young man who just entered the room. Everyone in the room noticed the look on her face, like she had seen him somewhere before.
"I apologize ma'am," Drake was very polite even if he was a little put off by her staring, "but do I know you?"
The question seemed to knock her out of her trance like state. Clearing her throat she answered, "No. I-I'm sorry. It's just I heard all the Dragon Knights were extinct. It's-uh-nice to know I was wrong. My name's Malundra."
"Uh huh. Drake." Drake didn't know how to react, expecially when tears begin swimming in her bright green eyes.
She wiped her eyes then looked over to the girl next to him. "And who might you be?"
Kole smiled, trying to hide her own reservations about the women acting oddly. "My name is Kole."
Malundra walked over to them taking one last look but heading out of the room. "It is very nice to meet you both." She hung her head and left the room without another word.
The awkward silence hung in the air for a few minutes after she left, but finally Terra ran after her.
"Ooooooookay?" Drake headed over to the sink to deposit the tray and empty dishes then began to pick up the shattered pieces of the plate.
"Drake have you ever met her before?" Robin asked, entering his detective mode.
"Nope never seen her before in my life. Who is she?" he answered.
Robin shrugged. "Terra's adoptive mother I guess."
"Well this is all fun and exciting, but can we have breakfast now?" Rose spoke up from the table. She wanted to be polite but she as already helping herself to eggs and toast, a lot of eggs and toast. Everyone for the moment forgot about the odd moment and went about getting themselves some food, Drake however couldn't get the look that women gave him out of his mind. She looked like she knew him, but that wasn't all that was in her eyes.
There was Heartbreak.
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Terra ran down the hall in the direction she was sure that her adoptive mother had gone down. It took her a bit to find her, but when she did she was a considerable distance away, sitting against the wall, her arms around her legs pulling them close to her. Terra approached slowly, but the witch knew she was there.
Terra knelt down in front of her in an attempt to meet her gaze. "Malundra. What is it?"
Malundra chuckled as she whiped her eyes. "You can call me mom still if you want sweetheart." Her voice cracked a bit as she spoke.
Terra gave a nervous laugh. "Ok then. Mom, whats wrong? Ever since you saw that Drake guy you got this weird..." Terra paused. She suddenly remembered a conversation they had the other day when Malundra brought her memories back. She began to slowly put the pieces together. Malundra once told her that she had a son whom she failed, and the look Malundra gave him... "Oh my god...Drake is he...?"
Malundra nodded as she cried harder into her arms. It took a while for Terra to come out of her shock, but when she had she leaned in to wrap her surrogate mother in a warm and tender hug.
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Bumble Bee buzzed through the tower heading straight for the towers medical wing. She felt humiliated, ashamed, violated, not by Cyborg by any means. He kept his hands to himself and she was quite proud of that, but she had to take her anger out on someone. After she was made to do those things to him, to Jinx...OH GOD JINX! A horrid blush came across her face when she remembered how she pawed and groped the poor sorceress in an attempt to seduce the mechanical man.
She growled again as she buzzed about angrily.
Once she made it to the hallway were the medbay was located she saw Cyborg sitting in a chair outside the medical room. She zeroed in on him, ignoring what else was going on and buzzed right for him.
"Alright Sparky! I'm going to need to to pop the hood and rip out your memory chip! I've seen your blueprints so I can do it safely just don't struggle at it will be over soon!" She cracked her knuckles preparing to enter the metal mans brain. Cyborg remained motionless, just staring blankly into the medical room. She waved her hand in front of his face. "Hey, did you hear me?" He remained quiet causing Bumble Bee to follow his gaze towards the doors. They were shut tight, with a sign on the door that said "Do Not Enter. Surgery in Progress." Bumble Bee looked back and forth between the door and Cyborg. "Cy. Whose in there?"
Cyborg said nothing at first, then solemnly answered, "Jinx."
The insectile leader put a hand over her mouth in shock, a lump forming in her throat with tears stinging her eyes, her anger slowly fading away. Cyborg, seeing her beginning to break down, stood up and wrapped his metalic, yet comforting arms, around her. He held her close while her tears wet his armor.
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Starfire knocked lightly on the door of the demoness.
"Friend Raven. Would you like to join us in the morning meal?" she asked sweetly. There was only silence coming from the room of her best girl friend. She knocked one more time before slowly opening the door. "Raven?" Even in the darkness of Raven's room, Starfire could see the sorceress sleeping soundly on her bed.
Starfire shrugged then decided to just let her friend sleep, however something caught her eye. She didn't remember Raven having a green blanket.
Starfire quietly floated through her room and over to the bed. She hovered over Raven's bed and let out a quiet squeal, immediately placing her hands over her mouth.
Raven was asleep with something green wrapped around her alright, but it wasn't a blanket. Beast Boy, in his human form, had his arms wrapped around her waist keeping her close. Raven had one of her hands under her chin a little over her heart and the other placed on his chest, his chin resting against her forehead. At the sound of the aliens tiny squeal they both fidgeted in their sleep, but they both snuggled closer to each other, a wide smile on Raven's face as she nuzzled under his chin.
Starfire admired the adorable sight for a few moments longer before flying out of the room.
"I believe I will let them sleep." she said to herself, a wide smile on her lips.
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Jump City Memorial Hospital
Sometimes Robin felt awkward walking around in public in his uniform, especially when he did such things like go to the store, out to dinner, and so on. Years with a certain brooding mentor usually had him in the shadows. Although for the assignment he gave himself, he had to show up in uniform. Following the directions in the hospital we wondered the halls, ignoring the whispers he got from people watching him, and found his way to a receptionist.
"Hi, I'm-"
"Robin, Boy Wonder!" The round yet attractive lightly red headed women was quite excited to see him, which you'd think he'd be used to by now. "Oh my son is a huge fan of yours. They'll be many a time when I'll see him with a towel around his neck playing around saying, 'I'm Robin, evil beware!', it's adorable."
Robin couldn't help but smile. "Sounds like a kid with great taste."
They both shared a laugh before she got to business. "So what can I do for you? I don't remember seeing any of your teammates on the check in lists."
"No, no my teammates are fine. I'm here on behalf of a different patient. Her name is Ashley Trevor?"
The women scrunched her face in thought while typing away on her computer. Her computer made a pinging noise and she got a sad look come across her face. "Oh yes, the poor dear. She was actually discharged this morning."
Robin was somewhat dissapointed. "Oh okay. Was she able to speak with the police about her attack."
She got a furrowed her brow. "I'm not sure, but if so I can't give any details on an ongoing investigation."
Robin nodded. Technically since he helped bring down the suspect he did have access to the case, but he would speak with the JCPD himself and not get this nice women in trouble. "Okay then. My I talk to someone in the billings department by chance. My team would like to make a donation, or help with her medical care in some way."
She got a smile on her face again and began typing away on her computer again. After a minute or so, there was another ping. She laughed lightly before turning to the Boy Wonder again. "This just dosen't seem to be your day. It says here that someone already paid for her expenses in full. It dosen't look like it was insurance or anything, but an outside source. Hmm you know I think I remember when this was taken care of. It stands out to me because the guy who took care of it was goregous. Charming, a bright smile that could light up a barn, great hair, and british."
Robin's eyes widened. British? Charming? It couldn't be?
"Is something wrong?" she asked noticing his behavior.
Robin cleared his throat. "Oh yeah, no everything is fine. Um, thanks for you time." Robin turned to leave but was the lady stopped him.
"You know Robin if your still set on doing something good, you have some fans in the childrens wing if you want to say high." She gave him a warm smile. "Just a thought." Robin returned the smile and headed for the nearest elevater seriously considering her idea.
On his way though he saw the detective who was overseeing the case involving Adonis talking with one of the doctors. He looked very frustrated by what the doctor was telling him which made Robin uneasy. Was something wrong with the case? Was Adonis going to get off on another technicallity? Robin hurridly approached the two men.
"Detective Wallace," Robin got the bald thick mans attention, "Please tell me everything is ok with the case."
Wallace had his arms folded a scowl across his face. He was a very intimidating man to those who crossed him like criminals, but luckily he was a supportor of the Titans. It was the Titans who helped save the man's family from an attack by Plasmus and since then he was always helpful were he could be.
"To be honest I'm not sure." he said in a low gruff voice, frustration evident over his stern features. "I got a call early this morning in regards to Adonis."
Robin tensed. "Is he..."
"No he's not dead." Robin and Wallace both turned their attention to the doctor. A short hispanic man with a black beard and mustache. "He's alive-ish."
Wallace snorted. "Nice medical lingo. Why don't you tell him what you told me?" He motioned to Robin.
"Well for starters his injuries should have been enough to put him six feet under. Yet by the time he arrived in the ambulance his more series injuries, like those to his heart, brain, spinal cord, and liver, were completely healed. Most of his bones were broken sure, but that kid has some guardian angel looking out for him."
Robin looked over to Wallace for comfirmation on what the doctor was saying. "He's right. Saw the X-rays myself."
"But then it starts to get weird," the doctor continued, "This morning about five thirty our staff responded to an incident in his room. He was screaming at the top of his lungs for reasons unknown. We ran in there and attempted to sedate him, but nothing seemed to knock him out. Finally he just froze there, staring up at the ceiling. We ran all the tests we could think of and he's still in a catantonic state. Yet he's showing signs of brain activity, but nobodies home."
Robin got thoughtful. "Could this be caused by his injuries?" Robin asked.
The doctor shrugged. "We've already looked into that, and that's not that case." He paused a moment considering his next words carefully. "There is another option."
Wallace looked at the doctor oddly. "You didn't say anything about that?"
"Well becuase it's to crazy, but since crazy is in your wheelhouse," he glanced at Robin, "I thought I'd bring it up." Robin and Wallace motioned for him to continue. "When he was screaming he said something about a women in his room. Screaming 'get her away from me' and 'she's going to kill me' and so on. If your familiar with the occult or the supernatural your probably familiar with a Succubus. It's a demonic creature that feeds off the energy, fear, and nightmares of men."
Wallace scoffed. "So you think he's being raped by a demon slut?"
The doctor shrugged. "Poetic justice if you ask me."
Wallace and Robin seemed to agree. "But what about justice for his victims?" Robin asked scowling.
Once again the doctor gave a small shrug. "There are many forms of justice my friend. Sometimes it's in this life sometimes it's in the next." The doctor motioned for them to follow him as he turned towards the room for Adonis. They followed behind him until they came to his room. Robin cringed slightly at the sight.
Adonis was in an upright position staring blankly at the ceiling. His eyes bloodshot, lips cracked from being dried out. A tube going from a bag of nutrients through his nose and into his stomach.
The doctor once again turned to the two detectives. "Looks like justice to me." He left the two there to see to his other patients.
Wallace continued to scowl and he shook his head. "Well I can't say I'm to broken up about this. Less paperwork right? How's your friend doing? The uh dark one?"
Robin frown mirrored the police officer. "She'll be fine with time."
Wallace nodded then patter the young hero on his shoulder. "If you need anything you know the number." With that the detective left the Boy Wonder alone with his thoughts. Robin took a deep breath and was able to take in the scent of freshly brewed coffee. Looking around he saw no one, but a man in an expensive suit with black combed hair with two cups of coffee in his hands. He approached the Titan and handed him a cup which he accepted and started drinking.
Robin turned to the Demon King. "Is there any chance this wasn't you?" He motioned to the catatonic villain in the hospital room.
Landon took a drink of coffee. "Oh darling." Landon turned to him flashing his signiture charming smile. "There's always a chance." He winked at him and vanished in black mist.
Robin looked at Adonis one more time. "I'm comfortable with that." He took another drink and headed to the elevater. If he stuck around a second longer he would have seen an image of an old hag crouching over Adonis's chest. A toothless smile over her face as she fed.
And that's a wrap folks! I hope you enjoyed the fluffy as well as the punishing.
Next time Cyborg searches for a way to bring Jinx back from the brink of death, even if it means giving up his belief in science for a more mystical approach. Meanwhile Atlantis is tired of waiting for justice to be done for the death of Aqualad and wish to take matters into their own hands. Can the friendship between Robin and an old friend help prevent an Atlantian incident? Meanwhile Beast Boy discovers a new power from his Hellhound form. One that will turn him into the monster he fears so much.
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till next time.