A/N: I know, this took me a long time to write, and I'm sorry. I tried to write, but I either didn't have time or had major writers block. Well, happy Halloween. I hope you enjoy this.
Disclaimer: I obviously don't own Teen Titans.
Chapter Fourteen: Plans are made to be shattered, or is that windows?
Glancing around the yard cautiously, Danny turned and gave Richard the thumbs up signal. Richard did his best to seem inconspicuous as he strolled over to where Danny was standing. Their small amount of time outside was an excellent opportunity to put their plan into motion.
"Perimeter secure, sir," Danny whispered.
"Good. Move out." They walked over towards the gates, and every few steps they would quickly peer over their shoulders to make sure no one was watching. Luckily, Victor was too distracted by one of the other patients to notice. Finally, after what seemed like ages they reached the gates. The guard in the small booth beside the gate didn't pay any attention to them as he sat reading a magazine. After Raven's escape the security was better, but all that really meant was that everyone entering or leaving had to show a pass.
Every other part of the fence had barbed-wire wrapped around the top, except for the gate, although they had to be at least 9 feet high. Richard had spent a day planning their escape, and nothing could go wrong. They stopped about 10 feet from the gates, and looked at each other. Using his finger, Richard counted down from three, and when he curled that third finger into his palm they made a break for it. Danny scurried on his stomach through the small gap under the gate, while Richard did a gravity-defying leaping and tried to pull himself over it.
The guard was almost completely oblivious of the breakout, until he heard the gate creak and a muffled thump as Richard's boots hit the pavement. Finally, he looked up to see the accomplices sprinting down the sidewalk.
"Crap!" Throwing down his magazine, he fumbled with the controls for a second before getting the gates to open and following after the boys. "Stop!" he called out to them between heaving breaths.
It became evident to him almost immediately just how out of shape he really was. In fact, the last time he had worked out had to be in high school gym class a little over fifteen years ago. Halting before he went into cardiac arrest, he hunched over leaning on his knees. Reaching for his walkie-talkie, the poor guard called for backup, although the boys were already out of sight. He was definitely going to get fired after this one.
The boys ran as fast as their legs could take them. The rush from the breakout was exhilarating, even though had been extremely easy, just the idea of being caught was thrilling. Fortunately, Danny was having no trouble keeping up with Richard's sprint.
It felt fantastic to finally get to let out all of that pent-up energy, and between each stride Richard felt like he flying if only for a fraction of a second. The freedom and space felt magnificent, but his mission never left his mind. Not until he brought Slade down could he be truly free.
After rounding a corner, they slowed to a stop. They looked at each other with wide eyes, refusing to believe after so long they were finally out of there. Then, Danny began to laugh hysterically while Richard grinned widely at the boy. They had pulled it off. They had actually done it!
Slade's heavy boots caused a small cloud of dust to curl around his feet when he jumped down into the alleyway. It was almost pitiful how bad the Jump City police force was at tracking the fugitive, but Slade found it amusing. He could easily hop the next plane to Africa, but he had some unfinished business to attend to.
Listening quietly, Slade heard the policemen run by on the other side of the wall he had just jumped. "This is too easy. I probably could have kept on my orange jumpsuit and they still wouldn't have realized," he chuckled arrogantly as he ran a hand through his hair and walked out onto the sidewalk.
Raven had never experienced such strong apprehension and uncertainty, just waiting was driving her positively mad. Tristan had managed to let the smallest bit of information slip, yet it was too vague for Raven to have any idea what he was up to. Mindlessly, Raven tapped her fist on the glass as she sat in a chair beside the window, completely lost in deep thought. At least she hadn't had to suffer through another of her father's meaningless lectures- more like rants.
Finally, Raven walked over to the massive bookshelf on her wall and chose a random book. She hoped that it could take her mind off all that was going on now.
"That'll never work," Gar sighed. Mark put his head in his hands and continued to rack his mind for any ideas.
They had even managed to get the blueprints to the Roth mansion, in fact that was the easy part. Unfortunately, though, they both lacked the tactical minds necessary for devising this rescue mission.
The phone began to ring in the kitchen, and Marie walked cooly by the father and son to pick it up. "Hello? Yes... Uh huh... Yeah, he's right here. Hold on." Marie walked into the room and held out the phone for Mark. "It's the hospital."
With a curious expression, Mark took the phone. "Hello...? What?! Again? I was just there this morning and everything seemed fine..." Mark sighed as he calmed himself just a little. "I see..."
It's always frustrating to only hear one side of a conversation, and Gar was dying to know what was wrong. In each pause Gar tried to imagine the other half of the conversation.
"I thought after last time you would have learned... Did you call the police? Good... No, you're not fired, but this better not be a frequent thing... I'll be over in ten minute. Bye," Mark finished as he set down the phone on the table.
"What was that all about?" Marie asked before Gar could speak.
"It looks like Raven wasn't the only one who wanted to get out of that hospital. Richard and Danny ran away."
"No way!" Garfield exclaimed.
"Sorry, Gar, but I have to get to over there. You'll just have to work on figuring something out by yourself until I get back," Mark said with disappointment.
"Alright..."
"Okay, they won't be able to find us know," Richard said proudly. They had ran far enough away from the hospital, and Richard did an excellent job of covering their tracks.
"Yup yup," Danny answered with a smile.
"Where are you going to go now?" Richard asked. Danny just stared back with a dumbfounded expression. "Don't you have friends or family around here?"
Tilting his head slightly, Danny thought hard for a moment, then he merely shrugged. "Oh come on, I'm sure there's somewhere you can go. You can't come with me, it's too dangerous."
"But I have no where else to go, Master," Danny replied innocently.
"Don't call me that," Richard sighed as he ran a hand across his face. "If you come with me I can't guarantee that you'll make it out alive. Are you really up to this."
Puffing out his chest, Danny replied seriously, "A samurai protects his master with his life." Then, he took an elegant bow. Danny was a rather skinny sixteen year old who was somewhat tall and had short, brown hair that would often fall in front of his eyes. If it weren't for his mild insanity, Danny would be completely average teenager.
"I already told you, I'm not your master!" Richard shouted before turning and walking away. Pausing for a moment, Danny looked around curiously then shrugged and ran to catch up with Richard.
Slipping on his gold and blue mask, Slade stared at himself in the mirror. It had been so long, too long in his opinion. A little over years in that hell hole of a prison, and that was only a tiny fraction of the double life sentences he had been dealt.
The heavy shotgun's cool steel felt so familiar in his bare hands. Slade had predicted building this safe house would be a good idea, and his predictions were never wrong. He had worked for that monster for nearly fourteen years, doing his bidding like an obedient little pup. Then, he got up the courage to leave and start his own 'business,' and his master couldn't handle that. Finally, after eight years of fantasizing it, Slade would get revenge on the man who had sent him to jail, his master. He would find out what it felt like to lose everything. Tristan Roth was going to pay!
The knot in her stomach began to grow as the moment neared. This was surely a suicide mission, but Raven had to do something. Leaning against the wall beside her door, Raven waited patiently.
"I never signed up to be a maid," a man grumbled from the other side of her door. Right on time.
The doorknob twisted and the door swung open, almost hitting Raven in the face. One her fathers large bodyguards stepped in holding a tray of food for Raven, but he stopped his grumbling when he entered. Then, he realized the bedroom was empty. "Ms. Roth...? Oh no. Ms. Roth are you in here...? Come on this isn't funny."
The man stepped in further glancing around for Raven while completely forgetting to shut the door behind him. Once he had crossed her room and was searching under and around her bed Raven moved from behind the door. "Wait!" He spotted her right before she sprinted out of the room.
Tripping over his own feet when he went to chase after her, the unfortunate thug fell on his face right onto the tray of food. Scrambling to his feet, he didn't even bother to brush off some of the food before taking off after the violet haired girl.
Unfortunately for him, Raven was a fast runner, but he wasn't making much progress. All of the people they passed just jumped out of Raven's way and stared in astonishment. "You idiots, don't just stand there! Help me! We have to catch her!" he would yell to some of the men he passed. None of them could catch her though, and she was nearing the master staircase.
Heaving after her, they turned another corner and now the extravagant staircase came into view. As she practically flew down the stairs he took a daring move and leapt of the top stair. Then, he came crashing down, grabbing her from behind and tackling her to the ground. The only problem with this move was that they were still half way up the staircase, and the moment from the hit was great.
The two rolled down the stairs in a painful ball. In the quick moments while they rolled down Raven swore she heard a soft cracking noise. Finally, they bounced off the last step and came to a screeching halt hitting the hard, white marble floor. A small splatter of blood stained the immaculate marble, but you couldn't tell who's it was. Neither moved for a long moment, then Raven groaned loudly.
It hurt to breathe, let alone move. The worst pain was in her ankle, which she was certain was now fractured. Raven was lying face down on the marble, and she moved her head to look up. The huge wooden front doors were only feet away, and she began to drag herself towards them, but the man who had tackled her hugged her legs.
"Let go off me," she moaned as she attempted to kick him off, but had to stop when a horrible pain shot up her leg.
"No," he grunted. "I can't allow you to leave." From his tone he sounded like he was in almost as much pain as she was.
Tristan stomped after being alerted by someone who had been down the hall when the two ran by. "What the hell is going on here?!" Fire burned in her father's eyes, and all of the people who had stopped to watch tried to get out of the room as fast as possible.
The man holding Raven's legs tried to get up, but he only was able to get into a sitting position before he gave up while Raven rolled over onto her back. "Sir, I'm sorry..." He just prayed that Tristan wouldn't kill him right there.
"You! Get this man out of here," Mr. Roth called to a man that was trying rush out of the room before being noticed. The guard was dragged out of the room in a hurry, and suddenly the room was completely empty except for Raven and Tristan.
When Tristan didn't even say a word, Raven knew she was really in trouble. For a long moment he just stared down at her, and she tried to stay expressionless, although the fear was overwhelming. Then, he reached down and grabbed her wrist. Raven had no idea what he was going to do. Walking away, he began to drag her behind him, and she just winced while her shoulder felt like it was pulling ripped from the socket.
She wanted to struggle free or stand, but he was so powerful compared to her and she just didn't have the strength. With every bump up the steps Raven regretted her little escape plan. All the while, Tristan pulled her towards her room relentlessly. The constant foot traffic through the hall was gone because everyone dove into the nearest room when they saw their fuming boss coming towards them.
Finally, to Raven's satisfaction, they reached her room. Then, when they stepped into her room things just got worse. He dropped her wrist, but then began to throw things. First, he picked up the lone chair and threw it as hard as he could at her window. A long crack ran up the once smooth glass.
Raven managed to get to her feet right before her father turned his wrath on her. The broken ankle kept her from standing fully, so she leaned against the wall. "How dare you do something like this to me after everything?!"
"After, what!" Raven shouted back.
"I gave you everything you ever asked for growing up! I was a great father to you, and then you try to betray me?!"
"Great father? You must be joking! You were a horrible father!" This rage Raven was feeling was unexpected, but it felt great to tell him off.
"No one speaks to me like that!" Tristan growled as he came closer to her. "You have no idea how hard it is to be a father! We didn't even want you! Yet, I still loved you anyway!" He gripped her throat in his huge hand, but just left it limp on her small neck.
"You have strange way of showing love," Raven growled. The pinky that was wrapped around her throat began to twitch and Tristan pulled back his hand. Then, he pounded his fist right through the wall beside her head. Pulling his fist back out he turned his back to her for a moment.
"I did the best I could!"
"Well, it wasn't good enough!" Raven shouted back at him. Before Raven could act, Tristan grabbed her by the shoulders and threw her across the room. Slamming into the broken window, there was a loud shattering sound as the battered glass finally gave out.
Raven didn't even have time to scream. There, lying on the jagged rocks in a pile of broken glass, was Raven's limp body. Tristan gazed down with disbelief. He had planned to kill her, but not like this and not so soon. It was impossible that she could have survived the fall onto her spine, and his mind began to race with ways he could pin this accident on Slade.
A/N: I'm so so so sorry this took so long, but I had so much work! I believe I am beginning to lose interest in this story, so I'm trying to wrap it up soon. The other day I came up with a new idea for a BBRae story and I'm really looking forward to writing it. Ok well review if you feel like or not, whatever. I hope you had a happy Halloween.
Blueyedgirl: Haha, you should, in fact you're so special you got to be first once again. Keep running, I'm sure they'll give up sooner or later, if not you can come live in my basement for a few years. Yeah, I'll type as fast as possible. :D
Rainbow-Jess: Haha, this is the first time any of my chapters have been called sexy, thanks! I'm honored. I know what you mean, school can be so time-consuming, I hate it. Thanks:D
deadinside72: Good, sorry about that. Thanks! Yeah, Halloween is always good, free candy! Haha. :D
Steve-Racer: No, doctors aren't any match for crime lords. Hm, Mark might carry a pocket full of syringes and his aim isn't half bad, but they're not filled with anything lethal. Justice is dead! She was killed by a criminal. :D
XX.xXx.AchillezWiplash.xXx.XX: Thanks! I will! I wasn't joking, I can be a real thug. Hahaha:D
Kaos Kraze: Haha, don't worry, it was inevitable. That would be a good sequel, and in the end I would have to have Mr. Roth kill him too. Haha. Sorry, but I have no plans for a sequel. Instead I'm just going to cram all of that into the current story. Haha:D
Agent of the Divine One: I'm glad you think the situation is realistic. I can't guarantee anything yet. You've been a great help to me for all of my stories. :D
K.C. Raven: Eh, it's probably not worth immortality. Aw, werewolves?! How come you get all of the cool pets? And the real question is why I'm the one always being attacked! I mean I'm already missing both my legs, the arm that had been missing the hand has now been eaten all the way to my elbow, and I have major brain damage from your demons gnawing on my head!!! I can't run, and I can barely even move away from my computer!! The blood is making my keys all the sticky, at this rate I'll never finish the next chapter!!!!!!!!!! Please just kill me already! Oh god, it hurts so bad!!! (Collapses onto laptop)...
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talim9: Thanks! Haha! I thought that would sound like something my parents would say.
Snea: Haha, maybe Raven will do that. Yeah, I had to put that in, my friend was telling me how much she liked that song when I was writing the chapter. Haha, you can't watch too many horror movies, although after a while they all start to seem the same. Thanks!
Mothman X: Don't worry, I like honesty and yeah I really hated that chapter, but thank you. Haha, thanks who knows maybe I'll get straight A's. Hahaha! Yeah right. :D
Overactive Mind: Yeah, this chapter wasn't too eventful but I thought it was necessary. Haha, this whole story is over dramatized, so that sentence was probably very accurate. :D
chittychittybangbang16: Hahaha, thank you. I'll type as quick as I can:D
Darkness is Bright: Of course, of course! I'm a total ficaholic too! Aw, thanks, I'm honored. You shall get more!
Luna Forest: Aw, thanks! Well, you're help is always welcome as long as you're willing to give it. Trust me, I need all of the help I can get. Haha. :D
addicted2danny: Hahaha!!!! I always thought my stories could be made into soap opera's. Richard and Danny aren't done yet!! The Young and the Crazy, that's hilarious, I'll have to remember that for later.
AureliusXxoul: Yeah, it is pretty much the same as every fic, but I just didn't know how to change that at all. I'm glad you still like it though. Well, it was all Marie's doing. Yay, puzzle pieces! I was going for that effect! Same here, saying cute would ruin my rep. Hahaha! I'll update as quick as I can:D
Lilliesofthevalley: Haha, justice may be served, or not. Thanks! I know, I was disappointed with myself after I wrote this, but I felt I had to get this super boring chapter out of the way. Hopefully it'll get better. :D
World of Nightmares: Haha, thanks! Yeah, I know how hard it is to get internet when you're on s trip, and I'm definitely not a hacker. Yay! Haha. :D
ELLIEdangerous: Haha. Yeah, I guess he is, but does satan even have a daughter? Gosh, I know:D
Malaya21: Woo! But will they make it in time? Hahaha:D
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Linwe Ancalimon: Thanks! Haha, I would love to see that! Could you imagine Trigon trying to do needlepoint as a hobby? He would probably accidentally poke himself and crush the whole thing and maybe a few human skulls. Of course I'll write more! lol :D
moo-like-a-floofy-llama: Yay! I'm sorry, but I absolutely love cliffhangers! Admit it though, my cliffhangers make you want to keep reading, don't they? Haha, I don't have much of a choice about staying in school, my parents would kill me. :D
pinkparis: Maybe, although I'm not sure if he'll be able to wait that long. Hm... I haven't seen it, although I do recognize the name, doesn't that have Keanu Reeves in it or am I mistaken:D
Hide-because-it's-me: Yeah, it was lacking in action, but I tried to have this chapter make up for that. Of course I remember Rüdiger, he was definitely the best imaginary friend that you created. I'm so sorry for your loss, he was such a cool guy, I just wish I hadn't given you that antidote. I'd prefer some chest, maybe a sliver of heart on the side if you don't mind. Rüdiger shall live on, not only in my mind, but in my stomach. My finger have only come to a simmer, and until they fully light I won't stop typing. :D