Robin my Houkounin Chapter XXV: The Hammers Of Justice, a Vigilante Gone Wrong
I do not own the Teen Titans... Nor do I own Pat Benatar's song 'Suffer the little children.'
To: Jonakhensu. You assume to much my friend! I never said 'JustAGuy' is joining the titans. You will find out more about him in this chapter, he's cool. He is explained in this chapter.
To: Anyone But Me. Glad to hear this fic is getting around. Im glad you like it, I write it for your enjoyment.
To: Thunderbolt. Pull your face from your own loins and listen up. Go stick it in an electrical outlet! Im not making a threesome, and oh yeah. Thanks so much for shamelessly pitching your OC in the review. You say I should put him in, so answer this. Why in the world should I put your oc, which I know nothing about in my story when I've proven that I'm more than adequate at making my own? I know nothing about him (Nor do I care to). I know NOTHING about him, yet you seem to think I should add him. NO BEANS! OH YOU PISSED ME OFF SO BAD! That was nothing but an absolutely SHAMELESS plug for your oc. (Oh yeah, whoever this thunderbolt is he pales in comparrison to Marcus, Kali, Robix, and now Howard Smith.)
To: Kokuryu. I'm glad you think that highly of the fic. Robix and Mime Bender will not be getting together. Mime will be a small island of comfort in her life, but its going to be short lived. The BB/BF fluff's pretty fun to write. Blackfire abusing him (and him loving every moment of it) is an infinite source of inspiration. 'I cant help it, I was born to dance!'
To: Darby. Hey, I love hearing from you... and your skulls not (too) thick.
To: Webs. Keep sticking that oc in my face and I'll gouge your eyes out like I did to thunderbolt. I'm glad you like the story and all (now everyone pay attention) but I dont need someone elses oc's. If I did, I would have asked Darkmoon Knight if he had a goody bag of oc's.
To: Everyone! Star/Jinx LEMON in this chap. This chap is also THE LONGEST yet, and after writting the lemon I'm harder than chinese algebra! (lemon scene took a day and a half! At one point I sat for almost an hour looking at the screen without writting anything.)
When asked most people would tell you that fire, or the wheel were the first inventions of man. Howard Smith knew better. Howard smith knew that the hammer was the first invention. Ancient man had used two small rocks to create a spark to create a fire, and everyone stood in awe of this flame while the two rocks were discarded off to the side and never given the proper credit they deserved. Those two rocks had been the first hammers. Ancient man used a small rock again to chip away at a big rock and make it into a wheel. Once again the hammer was discarded, and everyone stood in awe at this new and wonderfull contraption. Howard had mulled over this often in his life. The hammer was now going to have a new purpose. The hammer was going to distribute justice.
Howard, a man cursed to suffer through loss his whole life had mourned the loss of his son for a week. His son Harold Smith had been lost in the robot attack. Harold was only five years old. Two years prior he lost his wife and unborn daughter in child birth, but Howard plowed on. Howard took the loss as gods will and devoted his life to working, and saving so that his son could go to college and not have to do the dirty, hard work he did.
When the attack came Howard had wanted to run and collect his son, and flee the city. But he didnt. When he climbed out of the hole he looked back to see his co-worker Marco torn to shreds by the robot menace, and in that moment he felt that God had a bigger plan for him. He felt inspired by the divine will to pick up his hammers and defend those weaker than him, so instead of retreiving his son and fleeing Howard answered the call. He removed two twenty pound hammers from the truck, and held one in each hand. He took a position by the hole, and when the first robot climbed out he threw himself upon it.
Looking back Howard wondered how many lives he must have saved by not running away. For every robot that fell before his hammers, how many sons and daughters, mothers and fathers did he save from sharing the same fate Harold had? He liked to think the number was high, and it most likely was. But now he had another mission in life, and Howard was not the type to turn his back on the almighty.
He knew this madman that had unleashed the robots that took his son had started out small. Drugs, prostitution rings. He knew even after he had gone big time those kind of enterprises still kept him going. It was all connected. Someone buys heroin on the street, the money goes somewhere to make someone more powerfull, and that was how these madmen made themselves. Everything from the bottom siphened up to the top and fed them. Now it was his job, his purpose in life to make sure none of the dealers ever made it to the top, and stopped them from feeding the people already on the top. He himself would stop the kind of people that took his son, and so many other peoples loved ones away from ever getting into power again. The same tool that once gave man fire and the wheel would now dispense justice.
Howard had been a gifted engineer earlier in his life, but his downfall was that he went right into that career without going to college. The market flooded and he lost his jobs to younger people with degrees, but he still retained all his prior knowledge of the skill. He still had a metal working workshop in his basement. In his mind it was all coming together now. God had made him strong as a bull, and smart for a reason. Now he believed god wanted him to use both of these traits to lay down the law and usher in a new erra of justice for Jump City.
With his knowledge of science he crafted a bullet-proof suit of armor for himself. On the chest he carved two crossed hammers. When he was done he looked at the gleaming stainless steal armor but didnt allow himself time to appreciate his work. He set right back to his equiptment and crafted a few new weapons. First he made a hammer that held a gunpowder charge and with the push of a button it lauched its forty pound head at great speed. It also had a grapling hook in the handle. He named it 'The Ram'. Next he made a hammer that would shoot electricity when struck. He named it 'Thores Will'. The next one he made was the third and final hammer. It was an eighty pound two handed monstrosity he would keep slung over his back. He decided to name it 'Mercy'. It had been his wife's maiden name, and the name they had chosen for theyre daughter.
"These will do nicely." He said to himself in his basement workshop. It was now nine days since the death of his son, and Harold was ready now to make sure other mens sons were safe. He brought Mercy up to his garage, where his car lay in peices. He was going to test his tools. The car had been the raw material he had used to make his new tools. The hood was gone. He swung Mercy high over his head and brought it down on the engine block. Sparks flew and metal snapped. The engine block and transmission flew out the bottom of the car and the axles bent. Howard smiled. He looked out the window, it was almost nightfall. He would get some much needed sleep now, and later he would go out and test his weapons on the field.
Raven wandered the halls of the tower, wishing she could get lost and not find her room. She knew what she had to do but she didnt want to do it. She didnt want to have to face Robin. She knew Robin was in her room, and as guilty as it made her feel she didnt want to confront him. Robin had become withdrawn after the death of that child, and he had done something stupid. He had looked into the matter and learned the boys name. Robin had made it a personal matter, and it was costing him dearly. In the nine days since the attack Robin had stopped eating, stopped coming out of his room. He was an emotional wreck and now Raven had to fix it. She came to the door of the room she shared with him. It slid open to allow her in, but it was dark inside. As her eyes adjusted she heard some rustling fabric and she smelled blood. She saw Robin huddled in the corner, shaking. She ran to him, she hadnt known he was this bad. She knelt by him and picked up his arms. On the left wrist she found two deep gashes that had stopped bleeding.
"Tim you fool." She said, tears coming to her eyes. She couldnt stand to see him like this.
"Im sorry." His voice was distant and emotionless, and he didnt even look up at her. Raven healed the slits and let his arms drop to the blood soaked carpet. She pulled his head to her breasts and held him against her. His body shook with a few sobs, and a few of her own tears slid down her face into his hair as she held his limp form against her.
"Tell me whats wrong Tim, damnit talk to me."
"Im sorry." He said again. His body shook with another violent sob and he coughed.
"Is that all you have to say to me? Tim thats all youve said in four days to anyone, you gotta snap out of this. Please Tim, for me."
"Three seconds."
"What?"
"Three seconds Raven, three seconds sooner and I would have saved that kid. I could have pulled it off in two even. If I just ran a little faster, I might have made it."
Raven hugged him tighter to her. This was a breakthrough, it was more than he had said in so long. "You can't blame yourself. You did everything you could, you know that."
"Tell it to that poor kid."
Raven growled. She put her hands on his shoulder and forced him to look her in the eyes. She shook him and his gaze focused, now she had his complete attention. "Tim come out of this! Your gonna kill yourself if you go on like this, it wasnt your fault! Dont blame yourself! This is stupid Tim. " Just when she thought she had reached him he closed his eyes and looked away. She shook him a little more violently and made him look at her again. "This is going to kill you if you dont do something Tim. Please, please come out of this. You knew this kind of thing could happen when you decided to put on that uniform. You cant let this get to you, if you dont come out of this Time its gonna kill you." She hugged him closer to her and let her tears fall in his hair. "And I dont want that."
"Im sorry Raven." Came his despondant voice. "I just dont care anymore."
Raven took a deep breath. There was one last thing she could try, but it was a violation. It was the rape of his mind and she had been hoping she wouldnt have to do it. She gave Robin a tight squeeze and held him against her like she might never get another chance. "No Tim, I'm sorry." She pushed him away and brought her hands up. Before he could react she executed a karate styled chop to the back of his neck. He slumped to the ground unconcious. "I'm so sorry Tim. Im so so sorry." As he settled to the ground the air escaping his lungs sounded like a whispered 'help me'. Raven wiped the tears from her eyes and began to meditate to prepare herself for the task at hand.
Erasing a memory from someone wasnt easy. They had to be unconcious, the mind had to be still. That meant they could not be asleep, for the mind was more active then. The best thing was for them to be rendered unconcious by a blow to the head. Raven meditated for some time, and when she was done she placed Robin on the bed. She tucked him under the covers so he would be comfortable and took a vial from her belt. She uncorked it and poured the purple liquid into his mouth. She held her hand over his mouth and rubbed his throat so he would swallow it. The liquid served two purposes, it would keep him unconcious longer, and still his mind even more. Raven put her hand on his forehead and experienced a moment of self-doubt. If she did this wrong Robin could be worse off when he woke up.
"Damn." She couldnt take the chance. As personal a matter as it was she had to let someone with more experience do it. Robins mind was complicated, and Kali was the only other person she knew with that kind of skill. Raven closed her eyes and mentally called for Kali. Across the tower Kali heard it and teleported to her side.
"So your going to let me do it?" She asked. They had discussed this earlier as a last hope.
"Yes Kali. Please take care of him for me." Raven stepped back and wiped her eyes. She trusted Kali fully but it still hurt to have to let her do this to Robin, when she knew that if Robin had a say in the matter she herself was the only person Robin would trust to do it. 'No, he wouldnt trust anyone. He wouldnt want this.' She told herself, reminding herself that this was a violation. It wasnt something to be taken lightly. Raven was pulled from her thoughts by Kali.
"Raven, this will take a little time. It will be easier for me if you were not here."
Raven looked at the floor. She wanted to be with him through this. "Why?"
"I need solitude. I dont even think I can do this here, the place is so crowded with random thoughts of others. Those will make it harder. Would you mind if I took him somewhere safe to do this?"
Raven looked Kali over, she knew she could trust her but it was still a scary thought for him to be so far away, without her. She thought about it so long she didnt even see it when Kali approached her and embraced her. "Its for the best." She said. Kali caressed Ravens cheek and gave her a reasurring smile. "Trust me Raven. We won't even be gone long."
"Alright." Raven felt Kali step away from her and closed her eyes. When she reopenned them Kali and her lover were gone, to where she didnt know but she sat down on the bed and waited for theyre return. "Please take care of him Kali." She said to no one, and laid down.
Kali took Robin to one of the most desolate places she could think of. She carried the unconcious houkounin in her arms and teleported to the wilderness of new england. It was night here, the fall had stripped the trees of theyre leaves and a cold wind blew through the dark forest. The air was dry, and in the distance a coyote yiped. The moon shone down illuminating the forest floor for her. The leaves crunched under her step, and she shivered. The boy in her arms shivered against the cold and she wrapped her cape around him as she walked. She was looking for an outcroping of bluestone to lay him on. The region was famous for its large quantities of this stone, and it would serve as a perfect bed to lay him on because it was so often flat.
She found a suitable grouping of rocks in no time and placed him on it. She laid down next to him and wrapped them both in her cape to keep him warm. This was the closest she had ever been to him, and it bothered her a little to see him looking so fragile. He looked diseased from his lack of eating. "Poor thing." She whispered. Kali held Raven close to her heart, and knew Raven held Robin that way as well. She didnt want to imagine what Raven was going through watching him to this to himself. Kali put her hand on Robins forehead and began her spell. She was allowed into his mind with no problems, but beyond this it got complicated.
Robins mind was a mess. His discipline had gone out the window when he had become depressed and the mind now bordered on the edge of insanity. Kali entered his mindscape and surveyed the damage. The setting was Jump city raveged by war. She would have to find Robin through all this, or he would have to find her. Kali was experienced in this type of thing and could change her form. She decided it best if she looked like Raven when she found him. If she looked like Raven he might find her even. Kali set out walking towards the titans tower, that was the best place to start looking.
A voice rang out across his mind. "Again! Scream for me again!" The sound came from all around her, and she had the feeling that was Slades voice she was hearing. She took to the air to get to the tower quicker. She arrived there in no time, the voice was louder now and she could hear Robin too. He was fighting someone. Kali found them fighting theyre way through the hallways. She made herself invisible to watch for the moment. Robin was fighting against Slade.
This wasnt really Slade, but Robins representation of him. In Robins mindscape something was seriously wrong and he had taken all of it and put Slades face on it. It made sense to her, it was Slades robots that killed the child. Now, all his guilt, all his pain was rolled up and given a human form behind the metal mask Slade wore. She looked this Robin over, and didnt like what she saw. He was damaged badly. This Slade was beating him slowly to death. Kali watched as Slade picked Robin up by the neck.
"Scream for me again Robin, scream. SCREAM FOR ME!" Slade gripped Robins face and pulled him back. He pushed now, and slammed Robins head into the wall. He did it again and again until Robin did as he was told and screamed. He let Robin fall the the floor and stood over him. Slade removed his mask and picked Robin up. Robin began to fight against him more now.
"No! NO! Get off me! Get off me!" Robin struggled but in the end Slade won. He sank his teeth into his neck and took his blood, but here in this place it didnt poison him.
Kali watched in disgust, and it hit her that this was from his last battle with Slade. This was just the physical representation of what was going on in Robins head, and she thought the fight might be playing in a loop. She imagined when Robin first became depressed the fight might have started somewhere else, and Robin may have held his own against Slade. As time wore on Slade became stronger or Robin became weaker, and now this is what was happening. Kali probed the Slade phantom to make sure no truly important memories were locked away inside of it. There were none. She let herself become visible and attacked it. She jumped on it and made it drop Robin. She snapped its neck on the ground and it dissapeared in a puff of smoke. She turned to Robin.
"Are you alright?" Robin didnt answer but he did look at her. He looked at her and Kali saw recognition in his eyes. She picked him up and put him in his bed. "Stay." She told him. He moved to pull her down into the bed with him but she became invisible and stepped to the side. She had to act fast and find that memory in this city or else he would re-create the Slade guy and the process would start again. Kali exited the tower and saw that with the Slade phantom gone the enviroment was much better. Things were already improving here, but she still had to find that memory. She let herself become visible and took her original form.
She thought the daycare center was a good place to start looking for the child's memory. She was right. As she approached it she heard singing.
Sweet Melissa, I often pray for you
I hope your suffering was brief
I hope the angels that watch over all little children
Came for you and took you someplace beautiful and sweet
Aahh..
Suffer The Little Children
Kali shivered against a non-existant wind. She had a bad feeling about this. She was suddenly very glad Raven had asked for her help, it was becomming very apearant that this was going to be something beyond her skills. She worried that the Slade phantom might have been the tip of the ice bergs in his problems. The song continued, and Kali realized it was being sung by a child. Kali froze in her tracks and tried to drown out the song.
Dear Melissa, I often think of you
Everytime I hold my baby in my arms
I say a prayer for your mama and daddy too
I know they miss you, miss you since you're gone
Suffer The Little Children
At the hands of evil men
No baby dolls, no teddy bears
No lullabies for them
Every mother's nightmare
Will it ever end
Suffer The Little Children
At the hands of evil men
You who done the deed better do some prayin' too
Better hope that God's forgivin' like they say
Cause somewhere, somebody keeps a list
Of the evils that men do
An' your name's right up there
I heard em say
Aahh..
Kali came closer to the day care center in Robins mind and the playground came into view. She gasped at what she saw.
Suffer The Little Children
At the hands of evil men
No baby dolls, no teddy bears
No lullabies for them
Every mother's nightmare
Will it ever end
Suffer The Little Children
At the hands of evil men
There on the swings singing was a child with a broken neck. When the song ended the child became silent and continued to swing, its head hanging at an impossible angle and rolling with the swinging motion. It was a morbid display, and there was no denying that this was the memory she was looking for. Kali steeled herself for the situation to get even more disturbing. There was something else about the situation, the memory seemed 'lose' as if Robins sub- concious were trying to help her get rid of it. Kali approached the child and sat down on a rocking horse in front of it. She wanted it to get a good look at her, and see if it reacted in any way. The child watched her with unseeing dead eyes for a few minutes, but did nothing.
"I better just do this." Kali said to herself. As disturbing as it was this was starting to look easier than she had originally thought. Kali got up and approached the child, but its head snapped upwards and it issued a high pitched scream from its mouth. Kali was knocked back by the mental force and began working on the spell she needed. Raven knew this spell, but didnt have the energy to cast it. The child screamed again and forced a feeling of terrible fear on Kali, but she was prepared for this. She allowed the child to do this to her so it would exhaust its strenght. When its strength was just about exhausted Kali cast her spell, and the child dissapeared. With this, Robins memory of a child named Harold Smith ceased to exist.
Kali came out of her trance on the rock. She was now sitting upright with Robins head in her lap, and she felt tired. She had expended alot of energy in a short amount of time, and the rock was hot now from it. Little heat waves shimmered off the surface of it. Kali felt so tired now, and was more than ready for bed. She teleported herself and Robin back to the tower, looking foward to sleep.
Howard had prowled the rooftops of Jump city for fifteen minutes before he came upon a mugging in progress. He watched from the rooftops as two punks grabbed a man and dragged him into the alley. Howard Jumped down between the two thugs and made his presense known. "Let him go." Came his booming voice, amplified from behind the thick stainless steel face mask. The thugs turned and looked at him and the man, sensing his chance to get away ran.
"Ey man, yous 'gon regret that." Said the first thug. He pulled a knife out of his pocket and charged Howard.
"THORES WILL BE DONE!" Howard helled. He rose the electric hammer over his head and brought it down on the ground. Sparks flew and lightening arced towards the first thug. It danced through his body and stopped his heart. He fell to the ground smoking, and Howard watched, distracted by the show of force. The second thug pulled a gun and aimed it at him. Howard didnt notice it until the first bullet bounced harmlessly off his armor. Now he turned his attention to the remaining criminal, who was now firing a steady stream of bullets at him from an illegal firearm.
"DIE FUCKER!" Screamed the youth. Howard pointed The Ram at him and pressed the button on the handle. The explosion pushed him back and was deafening. The head of the hammer rocketed foward and collapsed the second thugs rib cage. Howard collected the head to his hammer and heard a noise behind him. He turned to see a homeless man running away.
Howard figured he must have been sleeping in the alley. "You! Stop!" He yelled. He used The Rams grapling hook to ensnare the man and dragged him back.
"NO! Dont hurt me! Please dont hurt me!" Begged the little man.
"Fear not, the hammers of justice do no harm to the innocent." He helped the little homeless man to his feet and untied the hook. "I have a job for you. When the police arive I want you to tell them a new wave of justice has descended upon the city, and that the citizens here need fear the night no longer." Howard let the man go.
"Im not tellin no one nothing man!" Shrieked the homeless man. "Your crazy! Your crazy!" He ran away into the darkness again and Howard let him go.
Howard knew he was the new wave of justice, key word being new. New meant change, and change scared people. All throughout history people had resisted change for the better because they feared it, but eventually change was accepted. He would be accepted in time, or so he believed. Howard pointed the handle of the ram into the air and fired the hook again. He was climbing up onto the roof and going in search of another crime just as the police arived.
Raven woke up to Robins cheery voice. She looked around her to see if Kali was present in the room, she was outside Raven sensed. She was shocked to see him look so at ease after he had been so despondant. She wasnt sure what he said, but she saw his happy face and pulled him into bead next to her. He looked so much better now. Raven reminded herself that what they had done was not to be taken lightly, and that it wouldnt happen again. Raven excused herself and went to talk to Kali, leaving Robin on the bed a little hungry and confused.
Raven made sure the door shut behind her before turning to Kali. "Is he?"
"All better? Yeah. The last few days are gonna be a bit fuzzy for him, things that dont make sense he might chalk up as being dreams. Just dont poke at it, he'll forget about it eventually."
"Thankyou Kali. Was it difficult?"
Kali thought back to the ordeal. The only difficult thing was getting through the creepyness of it and having the power to back up her spells. "Not too bad. The spells just took alot of power, a whole lot." Kali turned to go back to Starfires room. "He'll be alright, just dont let him make it personal like that again."
Kali's mind turned to Starfire. She had not told Raven about it, but the girl was advancing rapidly. She was maturing faster than any vampire she had ever seen. She could sense that the girls physical transformation was now complete, a full eight months earlier than any she had seen before. Over the last few days since the fight she had done her meditation routines flawlessly, and was advancing there too. Together they had used Beast Boy as a guinea pig and she was picking up how to read minds. Soon she would be moving onto controling them, not like she or Raven could, but she would start out small and grow. First she would pose as 'that little voice in your head' and suggest things. Next she would move on to affecting concious decisions. Finally she would move on to taking full control of a mind and posessing that person, being able to use theire body as if it was her own. Kali came to the room she shared with her student and leaned against the doorframe.
Starfire was inside the room practicing her control of gravity. She was walking along the ceiling with her hair pointing up towards the sky. In her open palm she held a hairbrush- the tool Kali had first demonstrated the power with. "They grow up so fast." Kali said to herself. Starfire heard her and was distracted. She lost her concentration for a moment and the brush and her hair began to fall. She regained her focus though and the brush settled back into her hand.
"Hello Kali." Starfire greeted her happily. "Am I doing this right?"
Kali gave her a wry look. "No, your wearing your shoes on the wrong feet. That messes the whole thing up." She watched as Starfires look changed to utter confusion.
Starfire, distracted by what Kali said lost it. She and the brush fell to the floor with a 'thunk.' Starfire inspected her shoes and Kali began to laugh. Starfire sighed, knowing she had been had. "Thats not funny. I was going to break my twenty minute record."
"A far cry from my three day record kid. Dont sweat it, you have eternity." Kali plopped down on the bed and Starfire resumed her training. Kali thought about the night when she fed her dilluted royal blood. She had thought the girl would lose control, but she hadn't. Starfire had been advancing so well she had set up the little test. Starfire was an alien after all. It was entirely possible she was growing up faster than other vampires. Kali lay with her eyes closed for nineteen minutes and fifty-five seconds before she spoke again. "Starfire look out for the tree."
Starfire had been standing right above Kali, and let the brush drop. It collided with Kali's face and her teacher bolted upright, shocked. Starfire giggled and looked down at her teacher triumphantly. "Oops." She said.
"Starfire, did you drop it on me or throw it?" Kali asked. She tossed the brush back up to Starfire. Once it was caught in her personal gravitational pull it clattered to the ceiling. Starfire bent up to retrieve it and began the excersize again.
"I do not remember. I was looking out for trees."
"No one likes a wise ass Starfire." Kali said in a monotone voice.
"Thats not true Kali I like you just fine." Starfire had honnestly thought Kali was reffering to herself as a wise-ass. Despite the mix up it was going to go down in history as one of the more clever things she said. Kali growled and gave Starfire an evil gare that was completely lost on the girl. Kali returned to her thinking, wondering if she should try feeding Starfire from a human.
"Kali?"
"What Starfire?"
"What do you think my unique power will be?" Starfire asked without looking away from the brush as she walked along the ceiling.
"Not sure. Can you move stuff with your mind?"
"No."
"Figures, thats too common for you anyway. Do you see strange lights around people? Do you see theyre life energies?" Starfire looked down at Kali and concentrated. Kali sighed. "Hello! Living dead! No aura here." She laughed. "Our auras can only be felt, not seen."
"No, I do not think so."
"Well kid you can already fly, fire green junk, and bench press a mountain. I dont know what else to think."
"Maybe I can heal injuries like Raven?"
"I wouldnt go hurting anyone just to find out, lose friends that way."
"Perhaps I can alter space and time?"
"If you can than by all means, skip ahead a month or two and find out what your power is."
Starfire huffed. "Maybe I dont have one."
"Oh come on." Kali flipped up onto the ceiling. "You just learned to read minds, give yourself a little break." Kali said. She also grinned. "Starfire, your holding the brush upside down."
"Wha?" The brush clattered to the floor. Starfire had had enough, and glared at Kali. She felt something in her snap, she wasnt sure what it was but suddenly Kali plumeted onto the bed below. "Im sorry!" Starfire said, covering her mouth.
Kali wasnt sure what had just happened. She had been controlling gravity one second, and all of a sudden she forgot how to do it and fell before she could fly. She remembered how to do it as soon as she hit the ground. She looked up at her student in shock. "Starfire, I think we found one of your powers." She had disabled a random ability in her.
"OH! What is it?"
"Nevermind. We'll sharpen that skill later." Now Kali was sure Starfire was advancing faster than humans did. Starfire made a dissapointed sound above her. "Come on, you have all eternity." At this Starfire looked like she had been struck across the face, and settled down onto the bed.
"Kali, how did you deal with everyone you knew growing old and dying?"
Kali refrained from pulling her hair out. This was the hardest of all things to explain to a young vampire. Parents of human children had a similar problem explaining that someday everyone dies, vampire teachers had the problem explaining that everyone dies but you. "Well, not everyone you know will grow old and die. Raven, Robin, and myself will always be there."
"But what about Beast Boy, and my sister?" Starfire paused. "And Jinx? What about her? I could not stand to be without her."
Kali was not yet ready to tell her that she had another thing coming as far as Jinx was concerned. "Starfire, when we were born we knew that we would all die someday. That changed a little, now we're not gonna die. Just enjoy what you have with them. Its all you can do." Kali put a hand on Starfires shoulder and gave it a friendly squeeze. "If you live in fear of them dying, you'll regret it forever when they do die and you realize you spent all your time just being afraid of it."
"What about Jinx? Kali may I stay with her again tonight?"
The idea sounded good to Kali. She was dead tired from the ordeal in Robins mind, and without Starfire there she could curl up into a ball and pull the covers up around herself, and sleep like a normal person. She would even take her cape off, and sleep without the garment. The idea was very appealing. "Yeah, knock yourself out. Bite her and I'll pull your toes off." Starfire only stood there. "Well, go on. I fed you already earlier."
"Alright Kali. Thankyou." Starfire left her teacher alone and sped off towards Jinxs room. She hoped Jinx was up, and was not dissapointed. The door to her room hissed open and the lights were on. Starfire looked over the room and was at a loss for words. Jinx was in her underwear, ready for bed. The room was also covered in the girls name.
Jinx finished carving the last tag into the last item of the room. All over the room her name was now carved into differant objects, it was just her thing. She turned around to see Starfire and greeted her. "Hey."
Starfire stepped into the room and looked around. Some items were marked two or three times. "You have been... busy."
Jinx laughed. "Yeah." She jumped down on the bed and looked up at Starfire. She pulled one knee to her chest and held it there. "So?"
Starfire looked at her and noted that it was a nice pose. "You do know that everyone already knows these items belong to you. They are in your room, and I am the only one I have ever seen in here."
"About that." Jinx said, and put on her most serious face. "I think I'm gonna have to carve my name into you." She laughed at the frightened expression on Starfires face and Starfire sighed. She had been had again. Jinx patted the spot next to her on the bed and Starfire laid down and looked up. "I got the feeling you'd be coming to stay tonight, so I just found something to do while I waited." She explained.
"Did you have to mark your ceiling?"
"What? Planning on giving the room to someone else soon?" Jinx joked.
"No! It just seems like a destructive habbit."
"Hey if you want I can carve 'Not Jinx's' into all the things around here I dont own."
"No, that would not be good."
Jinx rolled over on top of Starfire and kissed her lightly a few times. As she kissed her she felt the energy building between them and Starfires heart pounding against her. In just seconds anticipation became need between the two. Jinx kissed her deeply and propped herself up on her arms to break the kiss. Starfire looked dissapointed. "Roll over." She commanded. Starfire did as she was told and Jinx went to work on her top. Next she pulled her boots off, but only undid the elastic clasp that held her skirt in place.
"What are you doing?" Starfire asked. Jinx didnt answer but Starfire rolled her head to the side and felt Jinx shifting her weight. She saw her take some little bottles from her nightstand, and Starfire was instantly curious as to what they were for. "What are those?"
"Massage lotions." Jinx set them on the pillow next to Starfire, and left the caps of the bottles slightly loose. She had learned that Starfires sense of smell was finely tuned, and wanted the girl to have a chance to object to any offending aromas before she dumped them all over her. Meanwhile she slipped her fingertipps inside the band of Starfires skirt and under the elastic of her underwear. Starfire raised her hips up and allowed Jinx to remove the last of her garments. Jinx undid her bra and tossed it off with Starfires clothes on the floor. Jinx ran her hands up the back of Starfires calves, thighs, buttocks and back until they came to rest on her shoulders. She kneaded the flesh there slightly and Starfire purred beneath her. She leaned down close to her ear and licked to lobe. "Any preferance?" She asked.
"The middle bottle, please." Jinx picked up the pink bottle in the middle and put the others away. This one was strawberry flavored and scented. It also warmed skin on contact, and Jinx knew she was going to enjoy this. She laid herself flat on Starfires back and leaned on one elbow while the other hand carressed the edge of her breast. "Do you need your bitey-toy?" She asked in a seductive tone. The 'bitey-toy' was no more than a common stress releif squeeze toy with the squeeker removed, Jinx had decided biting on that might be a better idea than biting herself. She rubbed her hips against the small of her back and they both shuddered. Starfire nodded her head yes. Jinx retrieved it from the night stand. It didnt look like it was going to last much longer given the workout Starfires teeth had been giving it. It looked like a pack of wild dogs had played with it for a few years. She placed it in Starfires hands by her head and returned her attention to the massage oils.
When the first drop connected with her skin Starfire fought the urge to scream. Normally such a thing wouldnt be noticed or paid any attention to, but in her arroused state the entire world was nothing but pleasant sensations, pins and needles -and if her bitey-toy failed, teeth. She felt Jinx begin to spread the lotion around on her back and Starfire whimpered like a wounded animal. She arched her back, rising slightly from the bed as Jinx continued to massage her and a strangled noise escaped her throat.
"Your backs really sensitive, isnt it?" Asked Jinx, her voice was low and seductive. Starfire nodded her head and panted 'yes'. "Its most sensitive... right here isnt it?" Jinx manipulated a cluster of nerves in her lower back and Starfire screamed. In the passion that was building neither girl worried about being caught with each other. Starfire laid back down, breathing heavily from Jinx's ministrations. Starfire felt Jinx shifting her weight and moving, and hung in suspense for a few moments wondering what she was going to do.
"Ji- AH!" Jinx was kneading the sensitive spot in her back with her teeth and tongue and searing waves of pleasure raced up her back. Her breathing became rapid and she went rigid. She clenched her jaw shut to ride out the pleasure. Behind her Jinx removed her last garment and cast it off to the side. Starfire was like a limp rag doll as Jinx rolled her over and Kissed her. Starfire kissed back greedily enjoying the taste of Jinx's mouth. She held Jinx tightly against her, but Jinx brushed her thumb across a nipple and Starfire let her go.
Jinx took Starfires hands off of her and placed them out at her sides. Starfire tried to wrap her arms around her again but Jinx put her hands back. "Keep them there." Starfire bit her lip and closed her eyes, but her arms stayed put. Jinx lowered herself on her a little, so she was eye level with her breasts. She thumbed one nipple as she took the other into her mouth, sucking on it jently. Starfire made another strangled noise and fought to keep her arms outstretched on the bed. She pushed her sex against Jinxs stomach and moaned as she switched breasts. "Hold still." Jinx warned.
"I am trying." Starfire panted. She gripped the sheets and plunged her fingers through the mattress trying to get a hold on something. Her knuckles clenched and turned white when Jinx's attention shifted to her midriff.
Jinx trailed her tongue down to Starfires stomach and swirled her tongue around her navel. Starfire moaned and pushed her hips up, begging for attention in her most sensitive region. She felt Jinx moving lower still, and promised herself she wouldnt cop out again this time. Starfire relaxed and just before Jinx's mouth closed over her moist folds she moved to the side and sucked on her loins between her inner thigh and sex. Starfire fought the urge to buck wildly and cried out. "JINX!" She moaned and wanted to take Jinxs head and guide her mouth to where she needed it most. Tears came to her eyes and she groaned, wanting Jinx to kiss her there.
Jinx inhaled the aroma of her lovers arrousal and moaned. She wanted so badly to part those folds with her tongue and lap up the wonderful juices until there were no more left, but she refrained. She made her way down Starfires thigh, nipping, sucking, and licking the smooth skin. Starfire made many appreciative sounds in the back of her throat, and it pushed her own arousal ever higher. She shifted down to her knee, and felt a heavily moist spot on her stomach, right on the spot of the sheets where she had been laying before. She shifted her attention to her other leg, and began kissing her way back up towards the source of that wonderfull aroma. She opened her eyes brielfly and looked up towards Starfires face. Her eyes were shut and her jaw clenched tight, she was breathing through her teeth making desperate sounds. Next to her the bitey-toy lay in shreds. Jinx arrived back at the junction between Starfires legs. She pulled the scent into her lungs, and it made her shiver. She looked up at Starfire. "Say please." She breathed in a husky voice.
Starfire moaned. "Please Jinx, Please!"
Jinx inhaled again. "Please what?"
Starfires face turned red and she almost cried out of desperation. "Please... Please kiss me there."
"Good girl." Jinx purred. She blew on her moist sex and Starfire cried her name. Jinx held her hips down and closed her eyes. Slowly she lowered her head and planted kisses along her sex. Starfire went rigid and held her breath. Jinx extended her tongue and parted the folds with it. The taste of Starfires sweet nectar drove her wild, and she put a hand down between her own legs to please herself. She lapped up the juices eagerly, and explored the area around her clitoris. Starfire's breath caught in her throat and she moaned. She closed her mouth over her lovers hot sex and applied just a little suction. Next, she invaded her lover with her tongue. She hit her virgin barrier, and wasnt sure what to do with it. Luckily it was further inside than in humans, and Jinx ignored it. She used her thumb to stimulate her clitoris and broke contact for a moment. "You taste good Starfire." She looked up and locked eyes with Starfire, who had only opened them when the pleasure stopped. Jinx got an idea. "Watch me." The look that crossed Starfires face was half of horror and half of ammusement. Jinx entered her with her tongue again and Kept her head slightly tilted so she could keep her eyes locked with Starfire's.
Starfire couldnt believe how good it all felt. It arroused her further, this game Jinx was making her play. Starfire had to use all her strength to keep her eyes locked with Jinx, it wasnt easy given what she was doing. Starfire felt something start to build inside of her. It was forieng to her, and she wasnt sure what it was. She liked it, but it made her a little uneasy. It built higher and higher, as did the pleasure. Her eyes closed and she fell backwards, no longer able to stay on her elbows. She had worried Jinx would stop what she was doing if she broke the gaze, but it continued. She tried to say her lovers name, to encourage her to continue what she was doing but all she could verbalize were low glutteral noises.
Jinx manipulated herself over the edge, and felt her fluids running down her thighs. It was an uphill battle to continue what she was doing to Starfire while she came. She withdrew her fingers from herself and used them to please Starfire. She put her head on her left leg and breathed on Starfires thigh as she caught her own breath. She felt the vampire coming close and continued what she was doing. She bit into her thigh gently and it was the last straw. Starfire contracted around her fingers and screamed her name. As she came Jinx sank her first two fingers into her all the way up to the knuckle. She felt the flimsy barrier give way. Starfire only felt a brief flash of pain, and together they both began coming down. Jinx lay with her head on Starfires stomach, Starfires fingers running through her hair. They laid like this for half a minute as they caught theyre breath.
Starfire sat up, she grabbed Jinx and made her lay down. The tamaranian growled. Her hand found her way down between Jinxs legs, and her fingers to her entrance. Starfire inserted her first two fingers, and then brought them back up to her mouth. She greedily sucked the fluid from them, and kissed Jinx, tasting herself in the girls mouth. She lapped up her own fluids from Jinx's face, and suddenly instincts began to demand they be satisfied. What happened next would cause no end of trouble.
Jinx felt something well up inside of her. She and Starfire locked eyes, they went to kiss each other but it didnt feel right all of a sudden. They backed off and looked at each other again, faces only inches apart. Starfire and Jinx both closed theyre eyes. "Its alright, go ahead." Jinx didnt even realize she was saying the words until they were already out of her mouth. It dawned on her that she had just given her vampyric lover permission to bite her, but she wasnt afraid. She trusted Starfire. They locked eyes one more time, and in one fluid motion Jinx tilted her head to allow Starfire access, and Starfire closed her mouth over her neck.
Starfire was in control of herself, this was what her instincts demanded and she willingly complied. She felt calm now. She had not bitten yet, and broke the seal her lips made. "I love you Jinx."
Jinx wrapped her legs around Starfires body above her, and her arms around her back. "I love you too, now do it."
Starfire sealed her mouth over her neck and bit as gently as she could. Jinx made no protest, but rubbed her back to encourage her. She bit a little harder, Jinx hissed but kept rubbing her back. Starfire sank her fangs in all the way and both girls went rigid for a moment, and then the blood began to flow into her mouth. It was so strong! Starfire drank hungrily, this was her first taste of pure blood, not given to her through another vampire and she loved it. It overwhelmed her senses with its purity.
It didnt hurt like when Slade attacked her, but he was far from her mind now. The bite had only hurt at first, but now Jinx felt like her and Starfire were becoming one. She felt her blood leave her, and felt the energy it created in her lover. It was her own essence being drawn out and mixing with Starfires. "Starfire..."
Suddenly Starfire remembered she was not supposed to be doing this. As hard as it was to do she let go of her neck. Both her and Jinx were light headed, but Starfire felt like there was one more thing she had to do. Driven purely by instinct she shifted and sank her teeth into the soft flesh above Jinx's heart. Jinx made a slight noise in pain, and the injury didnt bleed much. It began to heal almost right away. Starfire pulled her close to her and pulled the blanket over them. The light to the room was still on, but neither seemed to notice. Starfire felt something new about Jinx now. It was something she felt when she was around Robin, she couldnt describe it but it felt like Robin was in the room. Then it hit her. Robin, Jinx, they must both have been houkounin. Starfire chuckled, quite pleased with this development. While she didnt know everything about the houkounin she understood it was good to have one. "You are mine now." She whispered in Jinxs ear. Jinx rubbed against her and cooed softly. Starfire laid down and settled in to sleep, it would be morning before her troubles started.
Raven sat up on her bed with Robins head in her lap. He had been asleep when she came back in from talking to Kali, and she had just been petting his hair for the last few hours, happy to have him back. He was himself again, and he was hers. Raven felt something, a powerfull blast of emotion coming from the other side of the tower. She applied her senses, and sensed a houkounin in Jinx's room. She jolted with surprise and almost woke Robin up. She sensed Starfire in Jinx's room too. The ambient emotion in the area told her what they had been up to, and Raven was at a loss for thoughts. Suddenly all the little hints and clues she had failed to pick up on crashed violently through her mind, and made her feel like the stupidest creature alive for not having seen them coming before this.
FLASHBACK
"Yeah. Whats that other girls name? The one Starfire brought back." Kali asked. Her and Raven were standing on the roof.
"Thats Jinx. Slade got at her too. Normally she's an enemy, but I can sense shes beyond upset with her team. Might change where we stand in her book. Why?"
"No reason."
Raven let it slide. It was an obvious lie but she let it go.
END FLASHBACK
Kali had known all along, she had known! For some reason she herself couldnt see it but Kali had. Now it made sense the way Starfire had been drawn to her, why Starfire had asked to let her stay in the tower. It explained the way Starfire screamed when Marcus kicked Jinx out the window. It explained just about every little thing that she had seen but thought nothing of.
"I'm an idiot on a cosmic scale." She said to herself. Then it hit her that Starfire wasnt old enough, she wasnt even two months old. Did Kali know other things Raven didnt? Raven wished she had been more involved in Starfires teachings and lessons, and spent more time around her to see these things. She had foolishly thought that Tamarans would change into vampires at the same rate, maybe they didnt. But all along Kali had held all the cards, and to make it worse Raven didnt know there were any cards to speak of!
She wondered why Starfire would even be staying in Jinx's room, and not with Kali. The thing was she couldnt even make a guess because she knew absolutely nothing. She had some serious catchup to do. She decided to leave this for tomorrow, she would handle it in private with Kali and Starfire.
WOW! By far the longest chapter I have made yet. I think its one of the best too. We had creepy mental stuff, action, brainyness, and everything. I LOVE THIS CHAP! It was so much fun writting, the lemon scene took longer than the whole rest of the chapter though. Sorry if it seems off, but im a guy. I dont know how two girls are supposed to go about that, so I just gave it my best. I hope you all leave some reviews, I look foward to reading them. R&R