"He sent a message again!" Raven said with wide eyes. The three boys stared
back at her with grim expressions.
"I thought you trained your mind, Raven." Cy said.
"What did he say?" Robin said.
"He has them tied up. They are so far safe, but not for long. He says he can drain powers, so I don't know how Starfire will be. We need to find him." She said, and watched as Robin rubbed his forehead in frustration. BB sighed and closed his eyes, flopping back against the back of the couch. Cy bit his lip in worry for Suchi, but sighed and mimicked BB.
"What are we gonna do? I mean, you said that this guy could drain powers, what can we do to fight him?" BB said.
"I don't know yet." Robin replied, flopping down between the other two boys and also closing his eyes.
Raven slouched slightly and sighed, crossing her arms. She looked at the window outside, staring out at the swirling rivets of snow. Suddenly she froze and her eyes glowed white, but the boys didn't worry. They knew that she was getting a mental message. A minute later she picked herself up off of the floor and rubbed her head, looking worried.
"What did he say this time?" Robin asked anxiously.
"It wasn't him..." Raven gulped, "It was Suchi!"
Cyborg sharply inhaled. Robin looked down and BB looked at Raven and appeared to be chewing his lip in thought.
Raven sighed and closed her eyes, then she spoke.
"She said that they're safe for now, and she doesn't know how she got to send this, maybe uncontrollable will, but she's been currently knocked unconscious, and they were about to do something to Starfire." She looked up to see Robin's pained expression. He sighed sadly and Cyborg did the same.
"At least we have one girl left. Let's go get the others." BB said getting up from the couch and holding out each of his hands to help up the other boys. They reluctantly took his hands and stood up. Raven looked at them and smiled slightly, and they looked just in time to see the small but kind and pleasant gesture. Robin's face lit up, he knew that when Raven smiled one of her rare smiles, everything should turn out all right. Cy smiled lightly, making Raven smile wider at the thought that he would be alright.
BB walked behind so he would be by Raven.
"Are you gonna be alright? I mean, it's still freezing outside." He asked her quietly.
"I'll be fine for now. We just need Star and Suchi back." She smiled and he looked relieved. BB also wanted them back as much as everyone else.
"I'm going to try to reach her to find out where she's at." Raven said, receiving a nod from Robin. She placed her forefinger on her temple and recited her chant under her breath, closing her eyes as she concentrated. She stood completely still for a second, then opened her eyes and lowered her hand.
"66648. I know where that is, follow me." She said and flew off to their left and everyone followed her. They soon reached a run down warehouse; the windows were broken, wooden panels covering them, the door was nailed shut but there was a hole in the wall, made from poorly cemented bricks for the door. They each quietly entered, making sure not to disturb any sounds.
A scream was heard. It was Starfire, and it sounded painful. The titans rushed to the direction the scream came from, and found themselves looking at the back of a burly man who had his hand over Starfire's heart. Her eyes were glowing green but she was crying and screaming in pain. He removed his hand and a glowing green ball of crackling energy rested in his palm. He laughed menacingly and put the energy in a jar, next to a jar with crackling white energy within it. He heard a faint footstep and turned sharply, looking directly at Raven.
"You're Raven, the one with telepathy." He said with an evil grin. His face was horribly scarred and one of his hands was robotic.
Raven's eyes narrowed. "Why do you care?" she said. She stared back at him with a grim expression.
"Let's see if you can stand a full blown mind attack, shall we?" he said, and suddenly he shut his eyes and laughed as Raven gasped and clutched her head, also screaming in pain. Her eyes glowed white.
"You're stronger than I thought...but not nearly strong enough." He did this attack a few more times, each time more pleased at the way Raven was screaming in agony. At the sixth time, however, a tear rolled down her cheek as she fainted onto the dusty floor.
"That was easy. Now you boys can come and fight me." He smiled and turned a little more and laughed at the shocked expressions on their faces.
"No...I won't stand for what you did to Raven!" BB yelled and turned into a cheetah just in time to ram the man in the stomach as he turned into a goat and the horns made bloody holes in his stomach.
"I will let no one harm me!" he screamed, holding his stomach and kicking BB back. Blood poured from the wounds in the man's stomach.
"You are Reiba Kareshi, aren't you. You're Suchi's ex-boyfriend." Robin said with disgust at having to say his name.
"Such a smart little boy. I shall finish you now!" Reiba shouted, sending a blast of orange energy from a hidden energy gun in his belt.
"Not if I can do something!" Cy shouted and blasted the orange laser, sending a large blue and orange streaked laser at Reiba. He fell backwards with his clothes on fire. He ripped off his shirt and threw it down.
"I am stronger then you think!" he shouted and shot another laser at Robin, this time Cy didn't act quick enough as the laser threw Robin backwards.
"Robin!" Cy yelled with a ticked off look on his face towards Reiba.
"Mad, aren't you? My, I see you are just like the wench Suchi. Such a cute couple...if you both manage to live. You see, she is already dying. The life is leaking out of her the longer you take. Each minute, she grows weaker. Her will to live is very small indeed." Reiba threw his head back and laughed more evilly than ever, which was a really unwise move as Cy shot a laser at him and it hit him in the neck.
Reiba's eyes grew wide and he screamed inaudibly, as the laser ripped and dissolved his neck and head. The headless body fell to the floor and the blood leaked out from the fatal wound. Cy sighed at the disgusting sight and blasted it once more to dissolve the rest of the form, leaving a red stain on the concrete floor.
Robin and BB woke up, rubbing their heads. Neither of them were harmed as they got up.
"Raven!" BB said and ran over to her, gently cradling her head and picked her up.
Cy and Robin said nothing as they ran over to their prizes, each untying them and grabbing the jars of energy and opened them. They held the energy confusedly.
"This is Suchi's energy?" Cy said and wondered what to do.
"Yeah...and this is Starfire's." Robin said, passing the energy ball from hand to hand.
"Place the energy balls into their hearts." They heard a weak voice say. They looked over and saw BB holding Raven in his arms and she was looking at them. "I'm sorry I can't do it myself, when he attacked my mind he strained my joint nerves, so I can't move, only talk." She said sadly and sighed. BB tightened his grip on the weak girl.
"This is so weird, I didn't know energy had form." Cy said as he placed his hand over Suchi's heart and felt the energy dissolve under her skin and she gasped lightly, opening her eyes.
"Cyborg?" She said weakly and uncertainly as she focused her eyes to look at him. He picked her up in his arms, like BB had Raven, as she leaned into his metal chest.
"I'm here. It's alright. Hurry Robin." As he said this, Robin nodded and placed his hand over Starfire's heart and felt it dissolve. She moaned and opened her eyes to look at him.
"Robin! I'm so glad you're here!" she said, hugging him. He was close enough to reach out and hug.
"I cannot move my legs!" Star said worriedly. Robin picked her up easily and held her close.
"It's alright, Star. Raven figured out what happened, it may take a few days to recover." Robin said reassuringly. They set out into the snow shortly afterward.
Back in the Tower, the three girls sat on the couch, unmoving. BB had set up a small table on which Raven could read. She was currently reading "Sixteen and Dying" by Lurlene McDaniel, one of the books BB had got her. Starfire was being comforted and leaning against Robin, sitting in his lap as he stroked her hair gently. Suchi was also recharging, but with a microchip, a portable battery charger unlike Cy's. BB and Cy were currently cooking something that smelled exceptionally delightful, and the current occupants of the living room could not hear arguing or shouting.
About a half an hour later, the two boys walked in with two plates of cookies.
"I made vegetarian ones...in case...well, you know." BB said, blushing a little. He placed the tray on the round table in front of the couch and Cy did as well.
"I'm not too hungry right now, thanks. And I figured out, while my nerves are weakened, my emotions will not affect my powers." Raven said and smiled. BB smiled widely at her and sat next to her, placing his arm around her shoulders. Cy sat next to Suchi, but didn't touch her. A robot recharging is basically the same as sleeping. He was careful not to wake her.
"Robin, would you please hand me one of each of the cookies? I would like to try one, thank you." Starfire said as Robin got up and handed her two, getting two for himself. He sat back and placed Starfire on his lap once more. She kissed his cheek and nibbled on the cookie he held for her and she smiled.
"This tastes good, but I do not know which one is Beast Boy's and which one is Cyborg's." she giggled as they looked at her.
"Beast Boy, can you do me a favor?" Raven asked. "I'm sorry for making you do this for me, I feel bad making you do this for me and not being able to do it myself." She blushed.
"I'll do anything for you, as long as you ask." BB said as serious as he could. "What do you need?"
"Can you tell me what day it is? I can't turn my head to look at the calendar, and my powers are weak and unusable." Raven said. BB turned to look at the calendar and gasped.
"It's Christmas Eve!" He said. Cy and Robin smiled along with Raven and BB himself.
"Beast Boy, can you do one last favor?" Raven asked him.
"Yes, as long as it's sane."
Raven giggled, and nothing broke. "Go into my room and get the pile of presents from on top of my desk and bring them down here." She said. BB went and returned in less than two minutes. He brought several presents and set them under the tree.
"Anyone else have presents that needs bringing down here?" BB asked the group. Robin, Cy nodded, and Star said a faint "yes" when she learned her effected nerves wouldn't allow her to nod. Suchi did not make any movement, but spoke.
"Cyborg, open my leg panel." She said weakly and quietly, almost too soft to hear.
"Okay, sweetie." He whispered and opened the panel, taking out several gifts. He placed them under the tree also and turned on the lights, then sat back down. The Titans looked at the beautifully lit Christmas tree with presents under it. BB had returned shortly after with Robin's and Cy's presents, making the tree even fuller. He sat down with his arm once again around Raven and gazed at the tree.
"You need anything, Raven?" BB asked. Raven tried to shake her head, but then decided on saying 'no' because it was easier. "What about you, Star or Suchi?" he asked the other girls. They each said no also.
"If you need anything, us boys can do it." He grinned widely, getting a smile from Raven and Suchi and a giggle from Star.
"Hey! I can move my hands!" Raven said suddenly, ringing her hands. She tried to move her torso or neck but they wouldn't budge. "I can't move anything else though." Suchi and Star both ringed their hands and smiled.
"We should be able to move a little more tomorrow." Suchi said, closing her eyes again. Star smiled.
"Oh! I forgot one thing." BB said suddenly, standing up. Raven watched as he opened a small box from his pocket and open it, revealing a clump of mistletoe, as he hung it from a hook conveniently placed on the ceiling. Raven looked up at it thoughtfully.
"Why in the heck did you get that, yet I seem to already know the answer?" she asked him as he sat back down.
"Yeah. I think you do know." BB smiled widely, getting a grin from Cy and Robin. Starfire was dozing and Suchi fell asleep with her head unconsciously against Cy's shoulder. Raven was growing weary, but she refused to let herself sleep.
"You're allowed to fall asleep, Raven, don't fight it." BB told her.
"I don't want to fall asleep here." She said shortly.
"I'll be here, I'll keep you safe." BB said, as Raven slowly fell asleep, her heavy head unconsciously lulling against his arm, still safe around her shoulders.
Ahhh, sweet wintertime love. Ok, sorry it took so long to update, and I'm sorry this chapter is so long. I lost track, and decided to make the fight in the same chapter as the rest...soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, next chapter is in the making! .::~*=AleX=*~::.
"I thought you trained your mind, Raven." Cy said.
"What did he say?" Robin said.
"He has them tied up. They are so far safe, but not for long. He says he can drain powers, so I don't know how Starfire will be. We need to find him." She said, and watched as Robin rubbed his forehead in frustration. BB sighed and closed his eyes, flopping back against the back of the couch. Cy bit his lip in worry for Suchi, but sighed and mimicked BB.
"What are we gonna do? I mean, you said that this guy could drain powers, what can we do to fight him?" BB said.
"I don't know yet." Robin replied, flopping down between the other two boys and also closing his eyes.
Raven slouched slightly and sighed, crossing her arms. She looked at the window outside, staring out at the swirling rivets of snow. Suddenly she froze and her eyes glowed white, but the boys didn't worry. They knew that she was getting a mental message. A minute later she picked herself up off of the floor and rubbed her head, looking worried.
"What did he say this time?" Robin asked anxiously.
"It wasn't him..." Raven gulped, "It was Suchi!"
Cyborg sharply inhaled. Robin looked down and BB looked at Raven and appeared to be chewing his lip in thought.
Raven sighed and closed her eyes, then she spoke.
"She said that they're safe for now, and she doesn't know how she got to send this, maybe uncontrollable will, but she's been currently knocked unconscious, and they were about to do something to Starfire." She looked up to see Robin's pained expression. He sighed sadly and Cyborg did the same.
"At least we have one girl left. Let's go get the others." BB said getting up from the couch and holding out each of his hands to help up the other boys. They reluctantly took his hands and stood up. Raven looked at them and smiled slightly, and they looked just in time to see the small but kind and pleasant gesture. Robin's face lit up, he knew that when Raven smiled one of her rare smiles, everything should turn out all right. Cy smiled lightly, making Raven smile wider at the thought that he would be alright.
BB walked behind so he would be by Raven.
"Are you gonna be alright? I mean, it's still freezing outside." He asked her quietly.
"I'll be fine for now. We just need Star and Suchi back." She smiled and he looked relieved. BB also wanted them back as much as everyone else.
"I'm going to try to reach her to find out where she's at." Raven said, receiving a nod from Robin. She placed her forefinger on her temple and recited her chant under her breath, closing her eyes as she concentrated. She stood completely still for a second, then opened her eyes and lowered her hand.
"66648. I know where that is, follow me." She said and flew off to their left and everyone followed her. They soon reached a run down warehouse; the windows were broken, wooden panels covering them, the door was nailed shut but there was a hole in the wall, made from poorly cemented bricks for the door. They each quietly entered, making sure not to disturb any sounds.
A scream was heard. It was Starfire, and it sounded painful. The titans rushed to the direction the scream came from, and found themselves looking at the back of a burly man who had his hand over Starfire's heart. Her eyes were glowing green but she was crying and screaming in pain. He removed his hand and a glowing green ball of crackling energy rested in his palm. He laughed menacingly and put the energy in a jar, next to a jar with crackling white energy within it. He heard a faint footstep and turned sharply, looking directly at Raven.
"You're Raven, the one with telepathy." He said with an evil grin. His face was horribly scarred and one of his hands was robotic.
Raven's eyes narrowed. "Why do you care?" she said. She stared back at him with a grim expression.
"Let's see if you can stand a full blown mind attack, shall we?" he said, and suddenly he shut his eyes and laughed as Raven gasped and clutched her head, also screaming in pain. Her eyes glowed white.
"You're stronger than I thought...but not nearly strong enough." He did this attack a few more times, each time more pleased at the way Raven was screaming in agony. At the sixth time, however, a tear rolled down her cheek as she fainted onto the dusty floor.
"That was easy. Now you boys can come and fight me." He smiled and turned a little more and laughed at the shocked expressions on their faces.
"No...I won't stand for what you did to Raven!" BB yelled and turned into a cheetah just in time to ram the man in the stomach as he turned into a goat and the horns made bloody holes in his stomach.
"I will let no one harm me!" he screamed, holding his stomach and kicking BB back. Blood poured from the wounds in the man's stomach.
"You are Reiba Kareshi, aren't you. You're Suchi's ex-boyfriend." Robin said with disgust at having to say his name.
"Such a smart little boy. I shall finish you now!" Reiba shouted, sending a blast of orange energy from a hidden energy gun in his belt.
"Not if I can do something!" Cy shouted and blasted the orange laser, sending a large blue and orange streaked laser at Reiba. He fell backwards with his clothes on fire. He ripped off his shirt and threw it down.
"I am stronger then you think!" he shouted and shot another laser at Robin, this time Cy didn't act quick enough as the laser threw Robin backwards.
"Robin!" Cy yelled with a ticked off look on his face towards Reiba.
"Mad, aren't you? My, I see you are just like the wench Suchi. Such a cute couple...if you both manage to live. You see, she is already dying. The life is leaking out of her the longer you take. Each minute, she grows weaker. Her will to live is very small indeed." Reiba threw his head back and laughed more evilly than ever, which was a really unwise move as Cy shot a laser at him and it hit him in the neck.
Reiba's eyes grew wide and he screamed inaudibly, as the laser ripped and dissolved his neck and head. The headless body fell to the floor and the blood leaked out from the fatal wound. Cy sighed at the disgusting sight and blasted it once more to dissolve the rest of the form, leaving a red stain on the concrete floor.
Robin and BB woke up, rubbing their heads. Neither of them were harmed as they got up.
"Raven!" BB said and ran over to her, gently cradling her head and picked her up.
Cy and Robin said nothing as they ran over to their prizes, each untying them and grabbing the jars of energy and opened them. They held the energy confusedly.
"This is Suchi's energy?" Cy said and wondered what to do.
"Yeah...and this is Starfire's." Robin said, passing the energy ball from hand to hand.
"Place the energy balls into their hearts." They heard a weak voice say. They looked over and saw BB holding Raven in his arms and she was looking at them. "I'm sorry I can't do it myself, when he attacked my mind he strained my joint nerves, so I can't move, only talk." She said sadly and sighed. BB tightened his grip on the weak girl.
"This is so weird, I didn't know energy had form." Cy said as he placed his hand over Suchi's heart and felt the energy dissolve under her skin and she gasped lightly, opening her eyes.
"Cyborg?" She said weakly and uncertainly as she focused her eyes to look at him. He picked her up in his arms, like BB had Raven, as she leaned into his metal chest.
"I'm here. It's alright. Hurry Robin." As he said this, Robin nodded and placed his hand over Starfire's heart and felt it dissolve. She moaned and opened her eyes to look at him.
"Robin! I'm so glad you're here!" she said, hugging him. He was close enough to reach out and hug.
"I cannot move my legs!" Star said worriedly. Robin picked her up easily and held her close.
"It's alright, Star. Raven figured out what happened, it may take a few days to recover." Robin said reassuringly. They set out into the snow shortly afterward.
Back in the Tower, the three girls sat on the couch, unmoving. BB had set up a small table on which Raven could read. She was currently reading "Sixteen and Dying" by Lurlene McDaniel, one of the books BB had got her. Starfire was being comforted and leaning against Robin, sitting in his lap as he stroked her hair gently. Suchi was also recharging, but with a microchip, a portable battery charger unlike Cy's. BB and Cy were currently cooking something that smelled exceptionally delightful, and the current occupants of the living room could not hear arguing or shouting.
About a half an hour later, the two boys walked in with two plates of cookies.
"I made vegetarian ones...in case...well, you know." BB said, blushing a little. He placed the tray on the round table in front of the couch and Cy did as well.
"I'm not too hungry right now, thanks. And I figured out, while my nerves are weakened, my emotions will not affect my powers." Raven said and smiled. BB smiled widely at her and sat next to her, placing his arm around her shoulders. Cy sat next to Suchi, but didn't touch her. A robot recharging is basically the same as sleeping. He was careful not to wake her.
"Robin, would you please hand me one of each of the cookies? I would like to try one, thank you." Starfire said as Robin got up and handed her two, getting two for himself. He sat back and placed Starfire on his lap once more. She kissed his cheek and nibbled on the cookie he held for her and she smiled.
"This tastes good, but I do not know which one is Beast Boy's and which one is Cyborg's." she giggled as they looked at her.
"Beast Boy, can you do me a favor?" Raven asked. "I'm sorry for making you do this for me, I feel bad making you do this for me and not being able to do it myself." She blushed.
"I'll do anything for you, as long as you ask." BB said as serious as he could. "What do you need?"
"Can you tell me what day it is? I can't turn my head to look at the calendar, and my powers are weak and unusable." Raven said. BB turned to look at the calendar and gasped.
"It's Christmas Eve!" He said. Cy and Robin smiled along with Raven and BB himself.
"Beast Boy, can you do one last favor?" Raven asked him.
"Yes, as long as it's sane."
Raven giggled, and nothing broke. "Go into my room and get the pile of presents from on top of my desk and bring them down here." She said. BB went and returned in less than two minutes. He brought several presents and set them under the tree.
"Anyone else have presents that needs bringing down here?" BB asked the group. Robin, Cy nodded, and Star said a faint "yes" when she learned her effected nerves wouldn't allow her to nod. Suchi did not make any movement, but spoke.
"Cyborg, open my leg panel." She said weakly and quietly, almost too soft to hear.
"Okay, sweetie." He whispered and opened the panel, taking out several gifts. He placed them under the tree also and turned on the lights, then sat back down. The Titans looked at the beautifully lit Christmas tree with presents under it. BB had returned shortly after with Robin's and Cy's presents, making the tree even fuller. He sat down with his arm once again around Raven and gazed at the tree.
"You need anything, Raven?" BB asked. Raven tried to shake her head, but then decided on saying 'no' because it was easier. "What about you, Star or Suchi?" he asked the other girls. They each said no also.
"If you need anything, us boys can do it." He grinned widely, getting a smile from Raven and Suchi and a giggle from Star.
"Hey! I can move my hands!" Raven said suddenly, ringing her hands. She tried to move her torso or neck but they wouldn't budge. "I can't move anything else though." Suchi and Star both ringed their hands and smiled.
"We should be able to move a little more tomorrow." Suchi said, closing her eyes again. Star smiled.
"Oh! I forgot one thing." BB said suddenly, standing up. Raven watched as he opened a small box from his pocket and open it, revealing a clump of mistletoe, as he hung it from a hook conveniently placed on the ceiling. Raven looked up at it thoughtfully.
"Why in the heck did you get that, yet I seem to already know the answer?" she asked him as he sat back down.
"Yeah. I think you do know." BB smiled widely, getting a grin from Cy and Robin. Starfire was dozing and Suchi fell asleep with her head unconsciously against Cy's shoulder. Raven was growing weary, but she refused to let herself sleep.
"You're allowed to fall asleep, Raven, don't fight it." BB told her.
"I don't want to fall asleep here." She said shortly.
"I'll be here, I'll keep you safe." BB said, as Raven slowly fell asleep, her heavy head unconsciously lulling against his arm, still safe around her shoulders.
Ahhh, sweet wintertime love. Ok, sorry it took so long to update, and I'm sorry this chapter is so long. I lost track, and decided to make the fight in the same chapter as the rest...soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, next chapter is in the making! .::~*=AleX=*~::.