Robin my Houkounin chapter IIXV: Rude guests, flashbacks, the shortest fight ever, and movies.
I dont own the Teen Titans... OR the movie mentioned later in this chapter ok?
TO PLAYSW/FIRE: Thanks for the long, detailed review. I like those. AND THERE IS NO WAY THERE IS FRENCH BLOOD IN ME! The only french blood around me is blood that gets on me, OOORA! (Thankyou R. Lee). Cy's religious backround isnt all that important, I was just trying to show he was uncomfortable; sorta the odd man out. I wanted to polarize him to Robin, who accepted everything easily. There will be no Starfire/Jinx pairing, at least not that i know of. Starfire just seems to like all living things, Jinx included. She feels guilty about wanting to leave her to die, so she's trying to make up for it. The BB/BF pairing is more likely, because I cant see pairing him with an imortal. The lemons have not died out so don't worry. There will be more lemons. But thankyou, its reviews like the one you left that I live for. And now for the daily french joke! Q: In france, how do they seperate the men from the boys? Answer at the end of the chapter. OOORA!
Starfire took the news well; or as well as anyone can if their home had just been nearly destroyed. She attacked the unconcious home wreckers and if not for the effort of everyone who was present she would have succeded. Everyone including the tamaranian seemed to calm down though as it became clear that the personal quarters were unharmed. It was far better from the first time they had been attacked in their own home, but it nevet got any easier.
Raven watched the others clean, the first part of cleaning the disaster up was throwing out whatever was ruined, and there were many things that fit that criteria. She herself had been using her powers alot for extended periods, and had earned a break. A break of course meant herbal tea. Herbal tea meant the kitchen; kitchen meant table and therin lies the problem. Jinx. It had been almost an six hours since the police had picked up the four invaders. Raven could only stare at the girl who was sleeping soundly on the table. 'Didnt the police see her here? I mean come on, she must be wanted after that uranium thing. Whats wrong with the police? She's right there in plain sight! No wonder we're needed so badly!'
Raven looked to the others, who were all busy with some manner of cleanup. "Are we just going to leave her there? Anyone?" The rest of the team looked at her and shrugged collectively. She sighed. "Alright, what are we doing with her exactly? Anyone have any ideas?"
Starfire perked up and floated into the kitchen. "ME Raven, I know!"
"Im desperate enough to believe you. Go ahead."
Starfire smiled broadly. "From what I have heard we should feed her twice a day, walk her, and have her neutered or spayed. Is this answer satisfactory?"
"Close, but she's more of a prisoner than a pet. But yeah we should probably feed her at some point or another." Raven poured her tea and sat down at the table. She wasnt going to let the fact that someone was using it as a bed stop her from enjoying her tea.
"You know Rae, she saved my ass from that electric guy. I say we just let her go." Cyborg was working on cutting away the melted edges around the hole in the roof. Once those were out a new sheet of steel could be fastened in place.
Beast Boy, who was helping him with his work spoke up. "Dude she only saved your ass because she was right on top of it."
"Yeah. Still say we let her go, I mean come on. We throw her in jail she'll be angry with us when she gets out and want revenge or whatever. I just think we'll be better for it in the end if we just let her go."
Robin poked his head out of the floor beneath them. He was doing the same thing as Cyborg, just on the floor below them. "He's right. We have been kinda good to her, and she helped you out. I say we let her go. First we just have to get her spayed." Robin poked his head back down through the hole and went back to what he was doing.
Beast Boy hollared down at him. "Arent we supposed to tag them too before we release them into the wild?" He thought for a moment. "ROBIN WAIT!"
Robin poked his head up through the hole. "What now?"
"Wouldnt it be cool if we left all the holes in the floor and got one of those poles like in 'Ghost Busters'? When theres trouble we could slide down it to the bottom floor man! 'Be just like in the movie!"
Everyone looked at Beast Boy. Two good ideas in one year. Cyborg looked at him with complete disbelief. "WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH GRASS STAIN?" He hollared shaking him madly.
"Hey put me down! Robin, what do you say? It would be just like in the movie."
It was hard to say no to a pole just like the one in ghost busters. Beast Boy was even singing the theme song. It took every ounce of will power but her did it. "No. Sorry."
"Aww man! No fair."
Starfire decided to speak up. "What exactly does spayed mean?"
Raven managed to drown out the noise everyone was making. The word 'spayed' kept coming up in the conversation. 'How many times do I have to hear the word 'spayed' today?' Raven was perhaps the most disturbed by the assault on them in their own home. She had lost homes before, and didnt like nearly losing this one. 'I was practically homeless when Kali found me...' She drank some of her tea. 'Why am I thinking of that now?'
FLASHBACK
In a remote corner of Jump city there was a small abandoned warehouse. There were many of those in this city but this one was special; it was 'haunted'. No one dared enter it, everyone had seen bizzare things happen around it. Some had seen shadows where there shouldnt be shadows, others had seen glass and other things break near it for no reason. A select few had even seen a dark figure behind the shattered windows. Of course other things had happened, to make people think it was haunted. Sometimes a nearby car would turn black and levitate, or something similar to that would happen. No one knew that these were just the antics, and sometimes outbursts of one Raven. After coming to earth this is the place Raven had decided to call home. Inside sat Raven, deep in meditation. There was something wrong today, something was wrong with her. She couldnt figure it out herself so she turned to meditation to help her with it. Little did she know that at nightfall she would be turned into a vampire. Next to her were her two posessions other than her clothing. A small mirror into her mind, and a book. This book was special, she had never been able to open it. Some spell guarded it from her and wouldnt be lifted until she turned tonight, but she didnt know that. Becoming a vampire was just her fathers 'contribution' to her genetic material. Being the half demon daughter of Trigon meant she was going to get some fraction of his power. She thought she already had that, but the true power she inherrited would need to manifest itself in some form. This was why she would become a vampire, it was just the manifestation of her fathers true power in her. Had her mother been a demon or even a half demon like her she would have become something else, something more powerful.
"Azerath Metrion Zinthos... This isn't working." Raven got up from her spot on the floor and decided to get something to eat. Food was an easy thing to get when you can teleport. It was even easier when the old women in the neighborhood left fresh fruits and other things around the warehouse in an attempt to appease the angry spirit inside. The only problem with this was that the rats sometimes got to it before she could. When this happened she would just levitate another car or go 'bump' in the night and voila! Half the neighborhood would be so scared they wouldnt bother taking the food offerings out of the shopping bags before leaving them. She heard something scampering in the corner nearest to her and looked. Out of the shadows came 'Whitie'; her pet rat. It was the only rat she tolerated in her warehouse. Whitie happened to be an albino. She never pet him, or fed him; he took care of himself. He was just there and she let him be there, nothing more. Nothing other than the color of his fur made this rat special, it was just an average dirty rodent, free of any personality. She was sure if she tried to touch it it would bite her.
Raven blew some stray hair from her eyes. She picked up her book. She didnt know what the book was about but she was sure that it had something to do with how she felt. 'It feels like somethings sneaking up on me.' The book still wouldnt open for her. She had kept it with her all these years mostly out of curiousity. She knew someday it would open and then she would be able to find out why it was so important. Raven picked up an apple from a bowl next to her and ate it. When she was done she threw the core out an open window. She heard it hit in the dumpster below. She laid down on her cot to take a nap.
Raven woke up hours later feeling aprehensive. She watched through the shattered windows as the sun went down. The horrible feeling of anxiety grew worse and worse as the sun set. 'Control yourself, come on.' The sun set over the horizon and Raven began to feel dizzy. She leaned against the nearest wall for support. The room was spinning on her and she felt sick. She dropped to her knees and put her hands out to support herself. She wanted to cry out for help but no one was nearby. She groaned as wave after wave of pain rolled over her. Convinced she was dying Raven crawled over to her cot and laid down. She tried to fight the darkness but it took her in just moments.
What happened next Raven never knew, nor did she care to. But Kali had been in the area and sensed her change. She found her and brought her home and waited for her to wake up. It took longer than most do, but like all she was hungry when she awoke.
When she awoke she looked around her, she was sitting up in a four post bed, the kind from medival times. The curtains were closed around it and she could see throug them a little in the dark. It didnt alarm her at all that she was in a strange place, and that she had passed out under odd circumstances. All that bothered her was that she was hungry, and for some reason she didnt think fruit would help her with that. Through the hunger she could sense someone else was in the room.
"Is... Is someone there?" She felt arms around her stomach squeeze her a little and she jolted. She hadnt even realized she had been in someones lap. She tried to get away from the person but she was too weak. She found this persons presence comforting. If they wanted to hurt her they would have already.
"I am Kali. I found you and brought you here. Do you know whats happening to you?"
The hunger subsided slightly. Raven didnt know why, but she was starting to feel relaxed with her saviour. "No whats happening? Am I sick?" Raven knew she wasnt sick. This was something bigger than sickness. "Whats wrong with me?"
"You are anything but sick. You are just hungry. Tell me, what is the last thing you remember?"
Raven had to think about it, her memory was fuzzy. "The sun went down, something was wrong with me. I didnt feel right."
"You were alone?"
"Yes." The hunger pangs ebbed and faded away almost completely, but this would be short lived.
"So you inherrited the gift."
"What gift? Whats going on?" Raven was becoming more and more alarmed. The hunger came back even stronger and she groaned against the pain. She felt the other woman lift her and soon she was standing. She was in too much pain to realize just what kind of embrace she was in, or that her mouth was being held against the other womans neck.
"Do what comes naturally. Go ahead."
Raven did as she was told, she did what came naturally. Her mind was fuzzy; had she been thinking clearly she would have hesitated. She bit into Kali's neck and drew out blood without realizing what she was doing. For the first time warm blood poured into her mouth and cooled her throat. The thick blood coated her throat well and some of it soaked directly into the thirsty flesh. The blood flowed down her throat into her stomach and an intense warmth spread throughout her. She had not even realized she felt cold. Raven had nearly drunk her fill before she realized what she was doing. She tried to pull away from Kali but a strong hand held her head in place. Another hand at the small of her back kept her body from struggling. Her throat itched with pleasure as the blood coursed through. Eventually she became full, and was allowed to pull away from Kali. As the feeling of contentment faded it was rapidly replaced with that of bewilderment.
"What did you just do to me? Whats going on?" Her self control waned and she started to become angry. This event was shocking to her, and the easiest way to aleviate that shock was to transform it into anger; anger directed at Kali. "What did you do?" Her anger spiked and a nearby lamp shattered.
Kali looked at the lamp. "Interesting. I have done nothing to you, in fact I saved you. Calm down." Kali handed her the book that had been in the warehouse with her. "Open it." Raven took the book from her. She was able to open the book. "That book can only be opened by a vampire. What does that say about you?"
Raven looked at the first page of the book. It did say something about vampires but Kali took it away before she could read any of it. "So your telling me I'm a vampire?"
"You just drank blood didnt you?"
"That doesnt make me a vampire."
"It made that feeling go away didnt it? Your a vampire."
Ravens stomach clenched, but not from hunger. It wasnt used to a blood-diet. She knew it was true. She had always known vampires existed. In her mind she just about instantly accepted these facts. As far as she was concerned there was nothing she could do about it, so why bother getting yourself all stressed out? "So, I'm a vampire. Can I go now?" She answered her own question when a feeling of instability. She faltered but Kali caught her.
"You won't be going anywhere for a while. Stay, you have nothing to fear from me."
Raven looked at the other girl. She looked about eighteen, nineteen at the most. She tried to read her mind but her powers ran smack into a mental wall. She studied the wall. Mental walls were much like normal onces, there were earthen ones, wooden ones, metal ones, and mortar ones. All varying in quality and strength. While most walls were plain and simple, this one was elaborate. To compare it to a physical one this one would be tall, highly decorated. It would have large gargoyles at the tops and a moat around its bottom. There was no way on earth she would be able to read anything she wasnt meant to with that wall in place. She could however feel that this person wanted only to help her, but that was only because she was allowed to feel it.
"Please dont try to read my mind. I can feel that you know."
Raven flushed slightly. She had been caught. "Alright." She looked around her. It was a nice place, and if this stranger didnt mean to harm her there was no reason she shouldnt stay. 'Its nicer than the warehouse. "I guess I can stay a little while. Where can I sleep?"
Kali looked at her. 'She honnestly doesnt know.' "You stay with me. If you dont you could wind up getting out and killing someone. Your not as in control as you seem to think."
END FLASHBACK
Raven was pulled out of her thoughts when she heard the word 'spayed' again. 'ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.' She turned in her seat and hollared at Beast Boy for not letting it go. "THATS ENOUGH! Can you please just stop saying that? How many times do I have to hear that word today?" Beast Boy shrank away under her gaze. She turned back to her tea only to see Jinx finish drinking it down. She growled. "So your awake."
Jinx looked at her. Despite how tired she was she still had a bit of humor in her. "Twenty three times now I've counted that word. Twenty of them from the green one." Jinx stopped and looked at the empty tea cup in her hands. "Oh, this yours? Sorry." She handed the cup back to the fuming Raven.
"You drank my tea..."
Jinx just looked at her. "Oh... Can I leave now? I'd rather not be here any longer than I have to." Jinx sneered. "I'm not titan material so I'll let myself out." She yawned heavily and it was obvious she still wasnt well. "Just as soon as I'm back at the top of my game."
Raven's eyes narrowed at her. "Does anyone know the name of a good vet?"
Jinx hopped off the table and struggled to keep her balance. "Whatever. Got anything to eat around here? I'm starved."
Ravens eyes narrowed more. "So am I so watch it. Fridge is over there."
"Whatever." Jinx rummaged through the fridge. Ransacking would have been a more accurate term for what she did. With just about everything that wasnt expired and a few things that were under her arm she proceeded back to the infirmary. On the way out she looked back over her shoulder. "Dont expect any help with the sewer pipe." And then she was gone. Everyone looked in shock at the hole in the floor as a large piece of steel was bolted into place. They heard a drill in the floor below as it was fastened permanently to the bulkheads around it. One minute later Robin came up through the elevator brushing his hands off. Raven was the first to speak.
"How did you get that floor in place? It weighed 400 pounds and you would have had to get it from the basement. You were supposed to need me or Cyborg for that."
"And?"
Raven was going to speak but Cyborg jumped down from the roof and interupted her. "And Fearless you weight what? A hundred and ten pounds? How did you do that?"
"What he said." Said Beast Boy.
"Well guys." Robin reached behind him and got a tv-guide. He held it out in front of him. "I had motivation."
All the titans crowded around him. Even Starfire. She took the guide from him and stared at it. "Robin? Is this pamphlet accurate?" He only shook his head yes.
Raven took the tv guide from Starfire. She looked the cover over and even she couldnt help but seem happy. She showed it to Beast Boy and Cyborg. They began to dance. "We have alot of work to do... And its on at 10. Think we can get this room back to 'normal' before it comes on?"
Robin looked at her. "Come on... I lifted a four hundred pound piece of steel for it. I think we can get the roof done and this room cleaned. What was that I heard about a sewer pipe though?"
Cyborg laughed nervously. "Well the one guy I chased was an electric human... You know how Water seems to short them out?"
Everyone nodded.
"Welllllll, he was shocking me you see, and he was right next to a big water pipe. Jinx and I managed to make the pipe burst and out flew gallon upon gallon of sewage. The smell got him before he could shock himself with the water."
Everyone groaned. No one else had noticed Electro Pulse covered in crap. They had been too busy. Beast Boy was the first to speak up. "So who gets the good news?"
Before a fight could start about who had to clean it Robin broke in. It was his job to disarm such situations. "Alright. Its on the bottom floor of the T-bar right? We can drill a hole in the floor, and hose the stuff down and out onto the island, and patch the hole. Easiest way to do it."
Everyone agreed with this asessment. "I'll get the hose." Robin trudged off to the basement for the firehose. He didnt quite understand the use of keeping a firehose down in the cellar.
Starfire nearly danced into the infirmary. She found Jinx asleep in the middle of a pile of food, snoring. She normally wouldnt invite such a rude guest to a movie, but it was such a good movie, and she felt guilty about leaving wanting to leave her in the cave. Surely, this would make up for it. The whole team had watched it together almost every week since the teams inception. If she didnt at least try to invite her she would be plauged with guilt forever. She went to the bedside and poked Jinx in the side. This didnt wake her up. 'What is it I saw them do on tv to wake people? Ah yes, pinch the nose.' Starfire pinched Jinx's nose and it hard the intended effect. The pink witch nearly jumped out of the bed swearing. "Hello, would you like to-"
"Stuff it. Go away, I'm trying to sleep."
"Yes, I did notice that. But would you like to-"
Jinx Grabbed Starfire by the collar and pulled her in close. "Listen. Of all you idiots I gotta say I like you the best; you even saved my life. But that doesnt mean I'm going to put up with much. Alright? Now SCRAM!" She saw Starfire actually looked hurt. 'Oh come on don't tell me I feel guilty now. Damnit.' "Listen... Its nothing personal, Im bad, your good. I'm supposed to be ungreatfull and mean. Don't take it personally." The aliens eyes brightened at this.
"So you do not mean it when you are rude, ungreatfull, abbrasive, obnoxious and caustic?"
"Close enough. Now go away."
Starfires shoulders sagged. "Alright. But if you change your mind it is not on untill ten."
Jinx watched her go; happy to be alone again. 'Wait... Change my mind about what? Doesnt matter. Time for another nap before they get tired of me and kick me out. At least the foods free.'
Starfire went in search of her sister. Surely her sister would be nicer than Jinx. It wasn't hard to find her. Her sister got along better with Kali than she ever did, so the first natural place to look was of course with Kali. Jackpot. In the training room she found her sister getting pummeled. She sat back for a few minutes and watched. Kali and her sister were sparring, and Kali was doing something odd. She wasnt causing any pain in Blackfire, but she did manage to stop her from laying a finger on her. It was like watching someone gently swat away an insect. She didnt even realize they were talking until she heard her name called by Kali. "What?"
Kali approached her while Blackfire stayed back. "I said if she wanted a workout and not to just be tossed around like a rag doll she should fight you. Are you up for it Starfire?"
Starfire had to think about it, but not long. 'A fight? Fight, fists, pain, blood- NO NO NO There is NO blood in a fight with your sister. Go easy' She had to chastise herself. She couldnt let herself enjoy fighting too much. She looked to her sister, who didnt seem to mind the idea. "Alright. But not too rough?"
Kali laughed. "Its your sister who should be setting conditions like that."
"Alright. But we will have to do it outside, and I do not have long. It is on in only another half hour!"
The sisters found themselves on the roof. Both were confused for a moment but remembered Kali could teleport. Kali set the rules.
"Its over at first blood, no bolts. Saying 'mercy' ends the fight, and you have to stay in the air, touch the ground you lose. We dont need you causing damage to the building. Agreed?" The sisters only nodded their heads. They were too busy concentrating on the fight at hand. "GO!"
Starfire took to the air as quickly as she could. She left her sister in the dust. She stopped to look for her. She couldnt see the older girl anywhere. Then she noticed the island was just a speck below her. She began to fly back down and saw her sister lining up with her for a game of chicken. "Alright sister go easy!" She yelled down. She still didnt understand just how much stronger than her sister she was... She was about to get a good idea.
"It is so messed up that YOUR the one asking that!"
They met in the air and hit each other with the normal assortment of punches and kicks. Starfire felt none of them. They pushed away from each other with a final punch to each others face. They let the force push them a few feet apart. Starfire could see her sister looked a little off balance. "Are you alright? Do you wish to quit?"
Blackfire laughed at her. "Over at first blood, I'm not quitting. Want to make a wager?" She saw her sister get somewhat panicked.
"Yes, if I win you must watch it with me, but It is only a few minutes until it is on! I do not have time for this! Forgive me but I must end this!" Before her sister could name her half of the wager Starfire flew forward and grabbed her sister in a bear hug and began speeding towards the ground.
"Hey let me go what are you doing?"
"Winning. I do not have the time for this!"
The ground sped up to meet them and at the last moment Starfire let her sister go and sped back into the air. Her sister smacked into the roof and rolled along for a bit. Blackfire was going to jump back into the air but Kali stopped her.
"Starfire wins."
"Hey come on thats unfair! You saw what she did! She made me touch the ground."
"Rules are rules. Your knee's bleeding too."
Blackfire looked down and sure enough her knee was bleeding. "Alri-" Starfire zoomed into view and grabbed her.
"Quickly now it is almost on!" Starfire grabbed her sister and dragged her to her room.
"Hey what are you doing?" Asked Blackfire as her sister dug through her closet.
"OH! I know I have another here somewhere! Ah! Put these on!" Starfire found an extra set of 'movie clothes' and forced them into her sisters arms.
"You've got to be kidding me." Blackfire looked the clothing over. There were some kind of glasses, a black hat, and a black suit. She noted how much she hated earth clothing.
"Do it!" Starfire held her special clothes to her chest and dashed towards her bathroom to change. "We are almost out of time. We must hurry!" The bathroom door slammed behind Starfire, leaving her sister to change.
Robin and Raven stepped out of their room. Each was wearing sun glasses, with a black hat. They also wore a white dress shirt with a black tie. Black dress pants and a black jacket.
Robin looked his vampire over. He pulled the sunglasses low on his face. He had no mask beneath. "You must really like this movie to dress up like this for it."
Raven pulled him into a kiss, and pulled away. "Hey, anything for 'The Blues Brothers'. Its a classic. Raven went to disengage from him but he held on. He had a mischevous look on his face, and chuckled in a suggestive way. "Come on Robin dont get clingy. We can do this later, now we have to watch the movie."
"Alright... Blues Brothers it is." Together they walked out to the main room. Everyone was dressed the same as them.
The titans, as a ritual did some role playing whenever this movie was on. Even Raven enjoyed it. With their giant screen and sound system it was a laugh to have team members up under the screen playing out the movie as it happened. It was one of the few things they could all agree on. Robin and Raven sat down on the couch and waited for the movie to start, it was still the commercials.
"Hey everybody we have a new member! Booya! Blackfires gonna watch with us!" Cyborg held up Blackfire like she was a trophy.
"Watch what? Am I missing something? Put me down or I'll get some fridge magnets!"
"Only the best movie ever! HEY! Everyone shut up its coming on!"
Ok I'm ending the chapter here... It was very fun to write, it was relaxed and I didnt have to hurt anyone or kill off anyone. They all love this movie so much EVEN RAVEN dressed like a blues brother for it! OH YEAH! the answer to the joke in the begining.
Q: How do they seperate the men from the boys in france?
hmmm... ... ... ... ... ... A: With a crowbar!
Hope you all love this chapter as much as i loved writting it, leave a review n tell me what you think
