My Morphine:

Ch: 5: Crazy…

((a/n: This directly continues after the cut-to of Thomas and sleeping Karl; back to Raven and company))

Raven smiled menacingly, watching Flyheight and Elise Lynette try and hide their fear.

"What do you want from us!?" Van demanded.

"What do you think, Van?"

"Why don't you ever just give us a straight answer, Damnit!?"

Raven laughed, "Then where's the fun?" He narrowed his eyes, examining them. "Look at the both of you, if only you could see your faces."

"Bastard!" Van yelled, pulling out his concealed gun, pointing it at Raven.

Meara snarled and used her staff to swat it away.

The Guardian Force Lieutenant gulped as it skidded and stopped at his nemesis' feet.

The maverick cocked his head with a tiny smile at the sound of footsteps.

The blonde Zoidian's mouth fell open as she saw a tall, slightly stocky, sandy-haired young man emerge from the shadowed corridor left unguarded.

"T-Thomas! It's you! You're back!" She exclaimed happily, watching him give a cold smile and walk to Raven. "Hah! I knew it! I knew that you hadn't gone bad for a…" She trailed off seeing him place a long, passionate kiss on the dark haired pilot's lips. He gave the same frigid look as he pulled away and crouched, picking up the gun and aiming it at them!

"You were saying, Miss Fiona?"

"Wh-What the hell!?" Van's cheeks burned as he saw Raven curl his arm around Thomas' waist.

"Van, Van, Van, you really are slow!"

"Traitors! Both of you!" He yelled as Fiona stormed up to Thomas.

"You! You said you were in love with me! How dare you--"

" 'How dare I' what?! What did I do wrong, Elise Lynette?! I waited on you, hand and foot, I did anything you asked me to in hopes you would mirror at least a fraction of what I felt! Yes, Fiona, felt! You are nothing, I've realized, nothing but a spoiled brat!"

"H-how dare you speak to me that way!"

" 'How dare I…' " He mocked. "How dare you toy with me all that time! You're just a little, cheap whore!" ((a/n: Common Trollop! ^_-))

Fiona let out an indignant squeak. "And you think that that rogue is better than me!?"

"There is no comparison, Elise Lynette, Raven treats me like I'm human, not a slave."

"He's a no good murderer! He--" She let out a tiny shriek as Thomas' hand came down on her cheek, leaving a bright red blotch.

"Another ill word from you and you'll regret it." He growled as Raven smiled with a certain smugness.

"And if he doesn't, I will, you pathetic excuse for a Zoidian." Reese said while petting Specular.

Van glared at Raven. "You're a liar."

"Really, Van, am I the liar here?"

He fell silent blushing harder.

"Every night you spent with me, by the time morning came you'd be gone to run back and be her faithful, pathetic, pure lapdog, her love slave." He smiled cruelly and covered his lips with his fingertips. "Oops, did that just slip out? So sorry, love." He sneered as Fiona glowered at Van.

"What does he mean?"

"He…he tricked me! He used his…he! He's lying!!" He shouted, spinning to face Raven again. "You worthless half-breed!" Van charged at Raven with his bare hands, the black haired teen evading simply, catching his arms behind his back. "Let me go!"

With a grumbled roar a silver Organoid tackled Specular, breaking it's connection with the tiny blue bugs of Reese's.

"Zeke!" Van cried, struggling as Raven held tight.

"Meara!" He commanded as she nodded.

"I'm on it!"

The brown haired young woman jumped and swung her staff at the metallic blur. On the third strike she hit, sending the Silver Organoid to the ground. She hissed an incantation and an iridescent 'bubble' shaped around the thrashing form.

Reese stepped up to Fiona and pushed her back against the wall, Raven doing the same with Van. Meara waved her hand and chains came from the wall, wrapping around the two prisoners.

They kicked and screamed but the bonds held fast.

"Hn! You're nothing without your beloved Organoid, Van. Let's watch as we tear him into the heap of scrap metal he is."

"No!" Van cried out. "I hate you, Raven, all you did was lie!"

"I thought we went over this," He sighed, "You used me. You told me that you cared, but the entire time you were with that despicable Zoidian!"

Thomas bit his lip, watching his partner's hurt expression.

"I swear it, Van, I'll hurt you like you hurt me." He took Meara's held out staff and swung at Zeke.

Van paled deathly and tears slowly trailed down his cheeks as Zeke growled against the blows.

"Raven! Stop!" He cried louder, gaining no empathy from the four. They turned to revel in their torment.

"Yes, Van? Surely you haven't had enough yet. I'm nowhere near done." He growled apathetically as Thomas half-turned at the sound of footsteps.

"Raven!" He cried out, seeing a no-name Republican officer charge and slash at him with a gleaming dagger. Raven wasn't quite quick enough to evade completely and the blade just grazed his cheek, leaving a crimson line. He jumped back a step, avoiding another swipe, wiping away the blood on his cheek. He brought up his foot and kicked the weapon from his hand.

It clattered to the floor and Thomas snatched it up, driving it into the man's chest. The former Lieutenant fussed over Raven as more guards flooded to them.

Reese used Meara's staff to beat them away and Meara transformed into a silver-white wolf, tearing into them mercilessly, Thomas and Raven fighting them off uselessly as well.

"Raven! There are too many of them!" Thomas cried out, throwing back another, weakening slowly.

"I know! Reese, can you establish a connection to your insects again?"

"I'll try, but I'm a little pre-occupied at the moment!" She yelled, narrowly avoiding a strike. Meara returned to her human state, grabbing her staff from Reese to free her hands.

The brunette growled as she lashed out at the Republican officers who just kept coming! She jabbed her rod back into another soldier, seeing her Blue Devil crumple to the ground after a hit to the head.
"Reese!" She exclaimed, covering her unconscious body as the officer managed a hit at her as well.

Thomas pushed another away, noticing Van, free of Meara's shackles, heading straight for Raven. The Dark One heard Van's yell, looking behind him to see him charging with his Father's knife. Before he could react, the blade pierced his shoulder. Van yanked out the knife out of Raven who half-collapsed, letting out a groan of pain. Thomas tackled Van to the ground and brought his fist down on his face.

Raven angrily bit his lip, then shouted.

"SHADOW!"

At his command, the black Organoid crashed through the walls and began to tear through the reinforcements.

Meara righted herself, cradling her unconscious Zoidian as Specular opened it's chest cavity and pulled it's mistress in. Raven pulled Thomas into his arms and let Shadow take them in. Meara snarled at the soldiers and concealed her staff, turning into her favourite form, a Peregrine Falcon and flew after the escaping Organoids.

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Meara handed Reese an ice pack and she gently placed it on her head. The brunette, then, flopped onto the bed next to her, absolutely exhausted and furious.

"I'm sick of all this defeat!" She yelled to Raven sitting upon the kitchen table, who was in no mood to listen.

"I know, I know, Peregrine, we weren't ready, we need more practice and training that's all." He said wearily as Thomas carefully cleaned the wounds he's acquired. He sighed and used his foot to scratch Shadow's head, who was under the table, listening to him purr.

"Raven!" Meara persisted, not ready to give up. "Elise Lynette cannot be allowed to control them anymore!" She yelled, standing and swaying dizzily, catching herself on the countertop. "She's not even fully aware of it yet and already she's creating a brainless army for her disposal!"

"Meara, please." He scolded without any patience. "Look, we're all tired, injured and short tempered. Let's get some rest and discuss this when we have some more sense to us."

The brunette huffed, then agreed.

Raven stood with Thomas' assistance and they headed to their bedroom. The Blonde young man lay down on the bed with a sigh.

"Are you sure you're okay, Thomas?" Raven asked, taking off his shoes and his spike collar. ((a/n: couldn't resist *drools*))

"Uh-huh. Just a little sore that's all. I'll be bruised by tomorrow morning." He said with a slight smile as the other wearily crawled onto the bed, snuggling his cheek into Thomas' chest.

"Goodnight, love."

"Goodnight." he kissed him on the forehead lightly.

"…Thomas?" Raven asked a few minutes later.

"Yeah?"
"What am I to you?"

"Huh?"

"What am I to you? Do you…are you like Hiltz said?" He asked sleepily.

"What did he say? Raven, you mean a lot to me, I care for you so much. What did he say, Raven?"

"That you were no different…than Van…"

"No, never. I'm not like him at all!"

"I know…I…was just…"he yawned softly. "Making sure…mm….Thank you, Thomas…" he murmured as he drifted off to sleep.

Thomas smiled softly and kissed him again, playing with his silky black hair.

"Sweet Dreams, Raven…"

[To be Continued…]

Oha! It's the 27th now, I feel a lot better. It was just a twenty-four hour (or less) thing. Well, as for the next chapter, I'm at a loss as to where to start it, but otherwise I have it all worked out. There was a bit of foreshadowing-- or some kind of hint, in this chapter. Sorry the action was so dull, it was a pain in the ass to write. I'm tired. Now I have to somehow--Hah! That was record time, getting my friend off the phone with me. Well! I wasn't lying when I told her, I need a shower.

Mata!

-Naomi Hun†er

Review, please!

Disc: give it up, the plotline, and Meara are mine, Grr arrgh. *huggles her new old dictionary* ^^