Chapter Four: The Search For Raven
After Heero was clean, he set out on the streets with Lamica, beginning his search for Raven. As he walked with her, people kept turning their heads, staring at the two. Lamica lead Heero into a dark, deserted alley. "Where are we going?" Heero asked. She only pushed him into a wall, and began to kiss him vigorously. He pushed her away from him roughly, slamming her into the other wall of the alley.
Lamica only smiled, brushing some hair out of her face. "I'm sorry, I just couldn't resist you anymore. Tell me, Heero, do you have a girlfriend?" Heero only glared at her. "That's none of you concern-" "Oh, but it is, love." Heero growled at her, frustrated, knowing that she was right. "Just take me to Raven." "Fine, have it your way. But hopefully you can keep up with me!" She said as she started to run at the twelve-foot chain-link fence at the end of the alley. Heero just watched as she leaped over it; she made it seem effortless, almost easy. Heero sighed, 'Here goes nothing' he thought as he ran towards the fence, hoping he could do the same as Lamica. And he did indeed, better even. He landed by Lamica's feet, she was there waiting for him.
"It's at the second door to the left. Good luck." Heero just looked at her, shrugged, and took a step towards the door. As soon as he took that step though, no sooner was he up in the air, dangling upside-down by a rope tightly wrung around his leg. "Is this some kind of test?" he yelled down at Lamica. "I suppose." was her loud reply. So Heero took out his pocketknife and... noticed that he was about forty feet up. "Damnit." Heero said, and he cut the rope anyway, leaving him flailing to the ground. He landed on a clothes wire ten feet above the alley floor, and spurted out some blood; the line had cut him across the torso. He let himself fall the rest of the way...
And was caught by non-other than Raven himself. "Well, you're good 'nuff to see me now... Or dumb enough." he said as he looked over Heero's condition. "So, why`d you come to see me?" he asked, carrying Heero into his apartment. Inside, it reeked of herbs and smoke. Raven plopped him down on an old, musty couch next to some elderly woman.
"Please, start the healing, Aunt Persia." The elderly woman, Persia, nodded, getting up to get some supplies. "I came to see you to ask about me...my capabilities as a werewol-" "You mean Homo lupus, or a Child of the Moon." Raven interrupted. "Yes, Homo lupus...Can I only change on a full moon?" Aunt Persia came back with some herbs, bandages, and some medical tape. "Well, it depends on the person. They can, if they want, change anytime, but they can't make the complete transition until the days surrounding the full moon, and the full moon of course." Heero winced as Persia placed a lighter's flame over his stomach's gash, chanting in some foreign language.
"And there are other packs, right?" "Indeed, there are. And lone ones too." The woman stood up, "He is healed..." and she wandered off. "Is she the eldest?" he asked Raven, who was lighting up a cigarette. "Ya, in this pack." Heero looked on as Raven smoked. "Then why can't she lead?" Raven rolled his eyes as he took another puff of his cigarette. "Well, duh! Heero, she's like, a hundred-and-ten. Hey, you wanna cig?" Heero shook his head.
"Hey, I heard that you already picked a mate." Raven elbowed him, "Lamica...man, are you lucky or wha-" "She's... not my mate..." "Well, then who is?" he said, waving his cigarette around in his hand, "Not some meat- girl, I hope." "What's a meat-girl?" asked a somewhat confused Heero. "Oh, I'm sorry, I'm not 'posed to use that term anymore... leads us to devouring them...What I meant was a human girl."
"Oh, well, why not a girl?" "Because Homo sapiens and Homo lupus just don't mix well! Besides, what girl's gonna want a werewolf for a husband? C'mon, stop asking questions now, please!" Raven held a hand to his head, drank some vodka, and took another puff. Heero just sat back and remained silent; he didn't know what Raven was capable of. "I'm sorry, it's just that I have a really bad migraine right now." "Don't they have something for that?"
"Can't go to human doctors. They'd find out. Another rule: always Persia, never humans. Persia's usually here." Raven stood, and held a hand out to Heero. "C'mon, I wanna show you something." Heero took his hand for support as he stood slowly. Raven lead him outside to a garden. In the garden there were all sorts of plants, flowers, and herbs. "Heero, the government spends billions of dollars on helping humans, but the only thing they are doing is helping the stupid, and the weak. I want to stop that." Heero eyed him, "How?" "By changing the strong, and killing the weak. Heero, I need you to do something." "What is it?" "Since we are either killing off or changing the world's leaders, I need you....to destroy Miss Former Queen of the World, Relena Peacecraft." Heero's eyes widened with shock as Raven finished, and without even thinking, he decked him straight in the mouth. Raven staggered backwards, then he tripped over a fallen log behind him. "I will not....I made a promise that I'd never hurt anyone again." All he could do was smile up at Heero, wiping the blood away from his mouth. "Y'know, if you aren't going to do it, someone else will. And it's just one person, Heero." Raven said, standing...he was looking into Heero's eyes....which were now slightly glazed over. "...I suppose one person won't hurt..." mumbled Heero. "Good." said Raven, and then he left Heero, alone, in the garden.
After Heero was clean, he set out on the streets with Lamica, beginning his search for Raven. As he walked with her, people kept turning their heads, staring at the two. Lamica lead Heero into a dark, deserted alley. "Where are we going?" Heero asked. She only pushed him into a wall, and began to kiss him vigorously. He pushed her away from him roughly, slamming her into the other wall of the alley.
Lamica only smiled, brushing some hair out of her face. "I'm sorry, I just couldn't resist you anymore. Tell me, Heero, do you have a girlfriend?" Heero only glared at her. "That's none of you concern-" "Oh, but it is, love." Heero growled at her, frustrated, knowing that she was right. "Just take me to Raven." "Fine, have it your way. But hopefully you can keep up with me!" She said as she started to run at the twelve-foot chain-link fence at the end of the alley. Heero just watched as she leaped over it; she made it seem effortless, almost easy. Heero sighed, 'Here goes nothing' he thought as he ran towards the fence, hoping he could do the same as Lamica. And he did indeed, better even. He landed by Lamica's feet, she was there waiting for him.
"It's at the second door to the left. Good luck." Heero just looked at her, shrugged, and took a step towards the door. As soon as he took that step though, no sooner was he up in the air, dangling upside-down by a rope tightly wrung around his leg. "Is this some kind of test?" he yelled down at Lamica. "I suppose." was her loud reply. So Heero took out his pocketknife and... noticed that he was about forty feet up. "Damnit." Heero said, and he cut the rope anyway, leaving him flailing to the ground. He landed on a clothes wire ten feet above the alley floor, and spurted out some blood; the line had cut him across the torso. He let himself fall the rest of the way...
And was caught by non-other than Raven himself. "Well, you're good 'nuff to see me now... Or dumb enough." he said as he looked over Heero's condition. "So, why`d you come to see me?" he asked, carrying Heero into his apartment. Inside, it reeked of herbs and smoke. Raven plopped him down on an old, musty couch next to some elderly woman.
"Please, start the healing, Aunt Persia." The elderly woman, Persia, nodded, getting up to get some supplies. "I came to see you to ask about me...my capabilities as a werewol-" "You mean Homo lupus, or a Child of the Moon." Raven interrupted. "Yes, Homo lupus...Can I only change on a full moon?" Aunt Persia came back with some herbs, bandages, and some medical tape. "Well, it depends on the person. They can, if they want, change anytime, but they can't make the complete transition until the days surrounding the full moon, and the full moon of course." Heero winced as Persia placed a lighter's flame over his stomach's gash, chanting in some foreign language.
"And there are other packs, right?" "Indeed, there are. And lone ones too." The woman stood up, "He is healed..." and she wandered off. "Is she the eldest?" he asked Raven, who was lighting up a cigarette. "Ya, in this pack." Heero looked on as Raven smoked. "Then why can't she lead?" Raven rolled his eyes as he took another puff of his cigarette. "Well, duh! Heero, she's like, a hundred-and-ten. Hey, you wanna cig?" Heero shook his head.
"Hey, I heard that you already picked a mate." Raven elbowed him, "Lamica...man, are you lucky or wha-" "She's... not my mate..." "Well, then who is?" he said, waving his cigarette around in his hand, "Not some meat- girl, I hope." "What's a meat-girl?" asked a somewhat confused Heero. "Oh, I'm sorry, I'm not 'posed to use that term anymore... leads us to devouring them...What I meant was a human girl."
"Oh, well, why not a girl?" "Because Homo sapiens and Homo lupus just don't mix well! Besides, what girl's gonna want a werewolf for a husband? C'mon, stop asking questions now, please!" Raven held a hand to his head, drank some vodka, and took another puff. Heero just sat back and remained silent; he didn't know what Raven was capable of. "I'm sorry, it's just that I have a really bad migraine right now." "Don't they have something for that?"
"Can't go to human doctors. They'd find out. Another rule: always Persia, never humans. Persia's usually here." Raven stood, and held a hand out to Heero. "C'mon, I wanna show you something." Heero took his hand for support as he stood slowly. Raven lead him outside to a garden. In the garden there were all sorts of plants, flowers, and herbs. "Heero, the government spends billions of dollars on helping humans, but the only thing they are doing is helping the stupid, and the weak. I want to stop that." Heero eyed him, "How?" "By changing the strong, and killing the weak. Heero, I need you to do something." "What is it?" "Since we are either killing off or changing the world's leaders, I need you....to destroy Miss Former Queen of the World, Relena Peacecraft." Heero's eyes widened with shock as Raven finished, and without even thinking, he decked him straight in the mouth. Raven staggered backwards, then he tripped over a fallen log behind him. "I will not....I made a promise that I'd never hurt anyone again." All he could do was smile up at Heero, wiping the blood away from his mouth. "Y'know, if you aren't going to do it, someone else will. And it's just one person, Heero." Raven said, standing...he was looking into Heero's eyes....which were now slightly glazed over. "...I suppose one person won't hurt..." mumbled Heero. "Good." said Raven, and then he left Heero, alone, in the garden.