A/N: HIIIIIIIIII PEOPLEEEE! And once again, school took my time up but thankfully, I have time to write today! =D Huzzah! Now onward I say!
(SIX) Trouble at Bay
There were footsteps running among the streets in the dead of the night. They sounded heavy and told of anxiety, as though their owners were trying to get away from…whatever the problem was.
Not too far behind, there was another silhouette that seemed to be chasing the first shadow ahead.
The first runaway turned around a corner only to halt in her tracks. A few seconds later, there was a laugh echoing around the place.
"End of the line, dearie!" a voice sneered, catching the person's attention.
She gasped as she turned around. "No…no! Get away from me!" she replied while taking a few steps back even though it was futile.
"Such pitiful fool! You're mine now."
The evil person then stuck his hand out and a pearly white object that took the shape of a broken glass came out of his hand. The shard floated at the top of his hand before it transformed into wavy streaks. The streaks went towards the fearful woman who had her eyes wide with terror.
And then, a scream came then nothing.
And then, she opened her eyes wide and took a sharp gasp. Staring blankly, Raven turned her head to the side to stare at her closed curtains. The sound of falling rain pattered against the window as though it was trying to soothe the troubled souls.
Sleep…I need sleep…
:(/\):
"Goooood morning, Jump City!" Cy exclaimed, giving out a yawn. "How did we all sleep—giayhh!" he gave out a frightened shout.
There, beside him, was none other than Raven, who dully looked at the floor.
"Raven? Woah, what happened?" Cy asked, going near his friend.
"I am fine." she stated, dully. "You need not worry about me."
This raised eyebrows and questions among the two groups.
Sensing the awkward silence, the empath asked.
"What…is on the…agenda today…?"
Sam narrowed her eyes. Yeah, she looks just fine! Her speech is getting slower and slower every day! I need to find out what is happening to her.
"Uh…well, I was thinking that we could um…try to find out where the origin of our enemy is…" Robin stated. "We have done all we could around the city. I think it's about time we actually start to find out where the lair of the enemy is."
Finally tearing her gaze away, Sam nodded. "Sounds like a plan."
"You guys…go. I will…join you shortly…" Raven stated before walking towards the door. She then stopped. "Oh, and don't bother…coming…to me, Sam…"
With that, she left.
"What's up with her?" Danny asked.
The Titans gave a shrug.
"Okay, now what we need to do is—"
The alarm blared throughout the Tower, cutting off Robin.
"Titans, go!" he commanded, running towards the door.
"Uh, don't we need to see where the attack is taking place?" Sam called out.
"Bad guys usually make an explosion. If you see one, it's there." Beast Boy said.
"And that's the stupidest thing I've heard all day." Jinx replied, rolling her eyes. "Idiot." she muttered under her breath.
Shrugging, Sam followed shortly. "MBC, go!"
:(/\):
Screams from the citizens erupted in the city as they were trying to run away from the scene.
"Haha! Run, run! From this day on, this city belongs to me—argh!" the villain screeched, stumbling backwards.
He had his hand at the side of his cheek and snarled as he turned to the side to see who attacked him.
"Hate to break it to you but I don't think you got the memo." a voice announced as it got the object in his hand. It soon revealed the Titans but there was something different.
Instead of only the Titans, there was also another group who was also ready to attack.
"The city belongs to us." Robin stated, eyes narrowed.
Outraged by their interruption, the villain began to release its attack at full blast.
The Titans weren't worried as they knew their dark friend would produce a shield. On the other hand, the MBC prepared themselves to jump but just as they were about to, a voice was heard.
"I'll teach you not to mess with the wrong group. Azarath Metrion Zinthos!"
A full shield that went from Starfire all the way to Cathy was formed. The enemy's blast struck the wall which had faltered. Once the attack died down, the shield got lowered and Robin shouted out the command.
"Titans, go!"
However, the MBC group turned their heads towards the dark Titan who was floating in mid-air.
"Exactly just how powerful are you?" Danny asked.
"Pretty powerful." she answered then paused. "Now are you gonna join us or are you going to stand there?"
The group shrugged. "MBC, power up!"
A bright flash came then it disappeared. Raven blankly stared at it. Noticing the look, Sam blinked.
"What?"
"Uh, nothing."
Shrugging, the group went to the battle.
Robin leaped from one side of the building then to the streetlight. He then jumped off to throw an explosive disk. Unfortunately, the lizard-type villain saw this so he swung his tail which struck the Boy Wonder. However, instead of falling, Robin simply performed a backflip then landed on his feet though he slid back a bit.
Once he stopped sliding, he watched the others as they were battling the foe.
It was then that he had idea. Seeing that his group was on the other side, he went to them.
Not too soon, the MBC members had also joined him.
"Listen up. I've got an idea." he announced.
"Starfire and Cyborg. I want you guys to take him from the sides. Danny and Chris will join you. Beast Boy and Cathy, I want you to attack from above. Raven and Jinx, you attack at the front and Sam and I will attack from behind." he replied.
"Oh I get it. So that way, if the villain receives multiple attacks all at once, he would eventually fall." Sam stated.
Robin nodded. "Exactly."
"Alright, let's go!"
The two groups split up and went to their destination. Raven started to attack first so she used her magic words to encase two cars which she then sent flying towards the villain… but instead of hitting him, they flew past him !
What? the empath thought.
"Looks like someone needs a little help." Jinx announced as she released her own pink powers towards the villain. Unfortunately, the enemy dodged by leaping into the air and brought his fist back so that he could attack the two girls.
"I got you!" Cy exclaimed, raising his own fist as well. He struck the enemy down hard from the side and the foe slid back to the side from the impact.
"I got it! I got it!" Danny shouted, having his weapon ready to shoot.
Just as the opponent got up, the red MBC member immediately started to fire. Naturally, the enemy jumped from a streetlight and high into the air, avoiding Danny's blast.
As it was in the air, he attacked Danny with his tail, sending the red MBC member flying backwards.
"Man, this enemy is tough." Danny muttered, rubbing his head.
"Tell me about it." Chris replied, shooting his own weapon. "It's like he knows where we are going to attack him."
Cathy then went behind the enemy in an attempt to bring him down by pulling down his tail.
Seeing the struggle, Beast Boy transformed into an elephant to help her out by wrapping his trunk around her waist.
"I do not believe that our plan is working." Starfire shouted as she fired her own starbolts. "He is quite the persistent enemy."
"We have to keep on trying. We have to capture him. If we capture him, he might lead us to his master!" Robin stated. "Maybe we could try to bring him down by continuing what Cathy started doing."
Cy shrugged. "As the old saying goes: the bigger they are, the harder they fall."
"Raven, Jinx. I need you to hit as much as you can. Sam, you will deliver the final blow. As for the rest of us, we will keep on attacking." Robin stated.
With that, the two groups got back to work.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" several objects were encased with her dark spell and thrown at the adversary… but just like before, they missed the target !
Why am I missing him? Raven thought.
Jinx then sent out her wave of attack and this time, it managed to get the villain and make him stumble down from the broken ground.
"You okay there, Raven? But what happened? You never miss your targets!" Jinx pointed out.
"Um, I'm fine. It's just…I haven't been able to meditate lately." Raven answered.
"Okay." Jinx gave a little shrug before taking off into the battle.
However, sensing that someone was watching her, Raven turned around to see Robin staring at her; his expression was unreadable.
Raven then turned her head to the side and noticed a nearby car. Seeing this, she covered it with her dark magic. This time, the car finally struck the foe, and even in the bull's eye!
"Alright, Raven!" Cy cheered.
She then gave her attention back to Robin but it did little to ease the leader, even after seeing her succeeding in her attack.
I'm fine, Robin.
With that, she flew into the battlefield. Deciding that the lizard had enough of them, he brought his two fists up and then smashed at the ground to create a huge shockwave which struck the ones who were on the ground instead of levitating.
Using this chance, the lizard started to leap from the streetlight and into the air to get away from the scene.
Acting quickly, Robin threw an object towards the enemy before it disappeared from sight.
:(/\):
"Aw, man! I can't believe he got away." Danny muttered.
"Tell me something I don't know." Chris replied, sighing. "Where did we go wrong?"
"I know right? I mean, both of the plans should've worked." Sam stated. "I just don't understand."
Jinx then turned her attention to the dark sorceress. "And Raven…what happened back there?"
This got the whole group's attention and all turned to face the Dark Titan.
"It's nothing. When you're out in the battle, you sometimes just…miss. That's all. No one can always get their attacks right on the dot, you know." she responded.
"I know but you…you never miss your target!"
"It's just nothing." she insisted. "Now, please…drop it."
"Whatever." Jinx shrugged.
"So now how are we supposed to catch him? We don't even know where he is or where he is going to attack." Beast Boy said next.
"Actually, we don't need to worry about him." Robin replied.
"Uh, I don't think you got the memo, here, Robin : the dude got away! How can we not worry about him?" Danny asked.
"Because…we know exactly where he is!" Robin lifted his hand to show the tracking device.
On the device, there was a red beeping dot…
A/N: Huzzah! I finished it! *Confettis, streamers, balloons* And just a quick note: at the beginning, Raven didnot dream of it. It's like… kind of like a prologue that gives a glimpse of what will happen later… yeah …so hum… toodles!
(SkyChild101)
