Today was different. Robin sat up in bed. He shook his head a couple times and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. He got up and opened his door. It was quiet. No video game noises. No laughing. Something was up. He closed the door behind him and started down the hall towards the living room and kitchen. All the doors where closed, even Cyborg's.
"What the-" He came to the living room. Beast Boy appeared to be sleeping on the couch. He walked up to it and looked at him. He was breathing, that was good. He looked into the kitchen. The milk was out.
"I know it wasn't him," He muttered. He heard a scream from back down the hall."Starfire?" He ran back to her room and opened Starfire's door quietly. She was still sleeping. "Then who was it?" He heard the scream again. It was farther down the hall. "Raven?" He slowly walked closer to the sound, then stopped and looked at her door. A loud bang came from behind it. Robin knocked. "Raven?" A shatter of glass, then voices, more then one. "Raven?!" Robin pushed the sliding door sideways a crack. It was dark inside, but he could make out the shadows of two figures, one about a head taller then the other.
"Babea, you need ta stop this," A thick Southern accent came from the taller one. The other one was currently lifting her hands and moving things across the room at this one, who was dodging them quite well.
"I know who send you! It was my demon father, wasn't it!" Raven's voice came from one of them, things continued to fly across the room.
"Ah have no idea who ya're talkin' about, but no evil man sent me, all Ah need to do is talk to ya,"
"I don't believe you!" Raven said.
"Do I look evil? Could I hurt you?"
"Looks can be deceiving!"
"They can, but mhine aren't," The taller one said while dodging a chair.
"Raven?" Robin widened the crack in the door. Raven stopped and looked over at the door. This gave the taller girl the time to grab Raven in a neck hold. She pushed a gloved index finger into the back of Raven's neck. "You're gonna sit down and listen, Missy, or Ah'll have to touch you, and Ah sure as hell don't want a little brat in mah head," She said. Raven grabbed hold of the arm that was around her neck and pulled. "Sweetie, you are gonna have a headache the sihze of Niagara Falls if ya don't stop your strugglin'," Raven reluctantly let go.
"That's a good doggy," The girl said and loosened her grip a little. Meanwhile Cyborg had joined Robin in staring at the struggle. The door was a little more the half way open now, and Robin's eyes where widened to anime size.
"I guess I'll come back later," He said and turned to walk back into the hall. Cyborg nodded and turned with him.
"Cat fight," Cyborg whispered to Robin.
"You are not going anywhere," Raven said and the door fell forwards onto the floor of her room. A bead of sweat came down the human side of Cyborg.
"I didn't know it could come off like that," His own eyes widening.
"They can't," Robin gulped.
"Now, lets have a little talk, shall we?" The Southern girl said.
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"Ah'm Rogue from Xavier's Institute for Gifted Youngsters,"
"That's reason number five for the crazy woman label," Raven said, still glaring at her.
"AKA it's fer mutants. Ah was sent here bah Xavier. He wants you to come to the mansion an-"
"Wait a minute-- a MANSION??" BB asked.
"Um, as Cyborg might say, 'shut up Beast Boy!'" Starfire said.
"Good one," Cyborg said, giving her the sideways high-five, not looking away form 'Rogue'. Starfire slapped it and smiled to herself for a moment.
"Anyway, he wants me to bring you guys there, he doesn't mean harm,"
"How can we trust you?" Robin asked.
Rogue grimaced like she didn't want to say something. "Raven…'member that guy in ya head…that kinda helped you last week?" Rogue asked, biting her lip.
Raven turned an odd shade of red. "No, I don't," She said though clenched teeth.
"Umm, alrihght…uh, The Professor is uh, mentally connected to everyone…everywhere…at all tihmes…," It was apparent that Rogue was struggling with the right words. "Oh, Gawd, Ah hate ta do this," She mumbled to herself, rolling her eyes. "Scott, come here," She yelled over her shoulder. BB looked across the table at Raven, who was still that shade of red that he had never seen. A man walked in from the hall. He wore red sunglasses.
"Uh, dude, it's like seven in the morning, what's with the glasses?" BB asked, Starfire giving him something close to a death glare. "What? It's a reasonable question!" He defended.
"You need something, Rogue?" The man asked, ignoring Beast Boy.
"Ah, uh, can't explain what Xavier does," She said biting her lower lip again, which was a shade of deep red.
"He's a teacher," He said. "It that all?"
"Ah guess,"
"'Kay," And he walked back into the hall.
"Who was that?" Starfire asked Rogue.
"That was Scott, he was one of The Professor's first students," She said, sighing heavily (a little annoyed) and looking at her gloved hands.
"He's your boyfriend, oooo!" BB said.
"He's not mah boyfriend!" She laughed. "He don't look nothin' like that," Rogue said, smiling.
"So you, in fact, have a boyfriend," Raven stated.
"Yeah," She said blushing a little.
"Who is he?" BB asked.
"You would lahke ta know," She said.
"You guys are so stupid," Robin mumbled.
"This is ridiculous," Raven said and got up.
"Sit down, gurly, your comin' with me, all of you, especially you," She looked at Raven.
"Sorry, Rougey Roo, I'm late--," A silver-haired boy walked into the kitchen area from the hall. He stopped in mid-step. "What? Wha'd I miss??" He asked.
"Who is this?" Robin asked.
Rogue blushed. "This is Pietro," She slumped a little in her chair.
The boy sighed. "Honestly, Rogue darling, after three months of being together I thought I'd be more then just Pietro," He smirked and walked up behind her, leaning down over her shoulder.
"Wait--YOU'RE her boyfriend??" Beast Boy asked in shock.
Pietro straightened. "Yes," He said, looking him over. "And who are YOU?"
"I'm Beast Boy,"
"Why do you need me?" Raven asked, still standing.
"I just do," Rogue said.
"May I ask why?" Raven asked, very annoyed.
"Do you really want me to tell you rihght here in front of everyone?"
"Is it that bad?" Pietro asked. Rogue nodded and whispered something in his ear. "Really?" His eyes got wide. Again Rogue nodded. Pietro turned to face Raven. "Girl,youdon'twanthertosayithere,"
Raven looked confused. "What?!"
Pietro rolled his eyes and his shoulders sagged. "You_don't_want_her_to_say_it_here," He said slowly.
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"If he wants to see us, he can come here, we aren't going anywhere," Robin said.
Rogue sighed. "Why?" 1
"I don't trust you,"
"I've done nothin' to harm you guys,"
"We're not going anywhere with a Goth," BB said, crossing his arms. He looked at Raven. "Heh,"
Pietro glared down at Beast Boy.
"Well she is," Beast Boy said in a squeaky voice.
"You were saying, Beast Boy?" Raven looked at him with narrow eyes.
"You're not, Raven,"
"Neither is Rogue," She said.
"Thank you," Rogue said and pulled Pietro backwards by his shirt.
"Roguey!Iwasjustabouttopop'emone!" Pietro protested.
"Not today you ain't," Rogue said, shaking her head.
"What is with you two?" The man with the sunglasses walked in from the hall once again. "It's been over an hour, can't we just bag'em or something?" He asked impatiently. Before anyone could answer or object he went on. "Or better yet, Rogue, why don't you just touch the little devils and we'll be out of here!"
"Scott! You know the Prof. Wouldn't lahke that! Hell, you was in mah head fer weeks after that once!" Rogue said angrily. "I could tell him rihght now," She said with a smile.
"You wouldn't!" He yelled.
"Too late," She said, smirking.
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"What the-" He came to the living room. Beast Boy appeared to be sleeping on the couch. He walked up to it and looked at him. He was breathing, that was good. He looked into the kitchen. The milk was out.
"I know it wasn't him," He muttered. He heard a scream from back down the hall."Starfire?" He ran back to her room and opened Starfire's door quietly. She was still sleeping. "Then who was it?" He heard the scream again. It was farther down the hall. "Raven?" He slowly walked closer to the sound, then stopped and looked at her door. A loud bang came from behind it. Robin knocked. "Raven?" A shatter of glass, then voices, more then one. "Raven?!" Robin pushed the sliding door sideways a crack. It was dark inside, but he could make out the shadows of two figures, one about a head taller then the other.
"Babea, you need ta stop this," A thick Southern accent came from the taller one. The other one was currently lifting her hands and moving things across the room at this one, who was dodging them quite well.
"I know who send you! It was my demon father, wasn't it!" Raven's voice came from one of them, things continued to fly across the room.
"Ah have no idea who ya're talkin' about, but no evil man sent me, all Ah need to do is talk to ya,"
"I don't believe you!" Raven said.
"Do I look evil? Could I hurt you?"
"Looks can be deceiving!"
"They can, but mhine aren't," The taller one said while dodging a chair.
"Raven?" Robin widened the crack in the door. Raven stopped and looked over at the door. This gave the taller girl the time to grab Raven in a neck hold. She pushed a gloved index finger into the back of Raven's neck. "You're gonna sit down and listen, Missy, or Ah'll have to touch you, and Ah sure as hell don't want a little brat in mah head," She said. Raven grabbed hold of the arm that was around her neck and pulled. "Sweetie, you are gonna have a headache the sihze of Niagara Falls if ya don't stop your strugglin'," Raven reluctantly let go.
"That's a good doggy," The girl said and loosened her grip a little. Meanwhile Cyborg had joined Robin in staring at the struggle. The door was a little more the half way open now, and Robin's eyes where widened to anime size.
"I guess I'll come back later," He said and turned to walk back into the hall. Cyborg nodded and turned with him.
"Cat fight," Cyborg whispered to Robin.
"You are not going anywhere," Raven said and the door fell forwards onto the floor of her room. A bead of sweat came down the human side of Cyborg.
"I didn't know it could come off like that," His own eyes widening.
"They can't," Robin gulped.
"Now, lets have a little talk, shall we?" The Southern girl said.
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"Ah'm Rogue from Xavier's Institute for Gifted Youngsters,"
"That's reason number five for the crazy woman label," Raven said, still glaring at her.
"AKA it's fer mutants. Ah was sent here bah Xavier. He wants you to come to the mansion an-"
"Wait a minute-- a MANSION??" BB asked.
"Um, as Cyborg might say, 'shut up Beast Boy!'" Starfire said.
"Good one," Cyborg said, giving her the sideways high-five, not looking away form 'Rogue'. Starfire slapped it and smiled to herself for a moment.
"Anyway, he wants me to bring you guys there, he doesn't mean harm,"
"How can we trust you?" Robin asked.
Rogue grimaced like she didn't want to say something. "Raven…'member that guy in ya head…that kinda helped you last week?" Rogue asked, biting her lip.
Raven turned an odd shade of red. "No, I don't," She said though clenched teeth.
"Umm, alrihght…uh, The Professor is uh, mentally connected to everyone…everywhere…at all tihmes…," It was apparent that Rogue was struggling with the right words. "Oh, Gawd, Ah hate ta do this," She mumbled to herself, rolling her eyes. "Scott, come here," She yelled over her shoulder. BB looked across the table at Raven, who was still that shade of red that he had never seen. A man walked in from the hall. He wore red sunglasses.
"Uh, dude, it's like seven in the morning, what's with the glasses?" BB asked, Starfire giving him something close to a death glare. "What? It's a reasonable question!" He defended.
"You need something, Rogue?" The man asked, ignoring Beast Boy.
"Ah, uh, can't explain what Xavier does," She said biting her lower lip again, which was a shade of deep red.
"He's a teacher," He said. "It that all?"
"Ah guess,"
"'Kay," And he walked back into the hall.
"Who was that?" Starfire asked Rogue.
"That was Scott, he was one of The Professor's first students," She said, sighing heavily (a little annoyed) and looking at her gloved hands.
"He's your boyfriend, oooo!" BB said.
"He's not mah boyfriend!" She laughed. "He don't look nothin' like that," Rogue said, smiling.
"So you, in fact, have a boyfriend," Raven stated.
"Yeah," She said blushing a little.
"Who is he?" BB asked.
"You would lahke ta know," She said.
"You guys are so stupid," Robin mumbled.
"This is ridiculous," Raven said and got up.
"Sit down, gurly, your comin' with me, all of you, especially you," She looked at Raven.
"Sorry, Rougey Roo, I'm late--," A silver-haired boy walked into the kitchen area from the hall. He stopped in mid-step. "What? Wha'd I miss??" He asked.
"Who is this?" Robin asked.
Rogue blushed. "This is Pietro," She slumped a little in her chair.
The boy sighed. "Honestly, Rogue darling, after three months of being together I thought I'd be more then just Pietro," He smirked and walked up behind her, leaning down over her shoulder.
"Wait--YOU'RE her boyfriend??" Beast Boy asked in shock.
Pietro straightened. "Yes," He said, looking him over. "And who are YOU?"
"I'm Beast Boy,"
"Why do you need me?" Raven asked, still standing.
"I just do," Rogue said.
"May I ask why?" Raven asked, very annoyed.
"Do you really want me to tell you rihght here in front of everyone?"
"Is it that bad?" Pietro asked. Rogue nodded and whispered something in his ear. "Really?" His eyes got wide. Again Rogue nodded. Pietro turned to face Raven. "Girl,youdon'twanthertosayithere,"
Raven looked confused. "What?!"
Pietro rolled his eyes and his shoulders sagged. "You_don't_want_her_to_say_it_here," He said slowly.
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"If he wants to see us, he can come here, we aren't going anywhere," Robin said.
Rogue sighed. "Why?" 1
"I don't trust you,"
"I've done nothin' to harm you guys,"
"We're not going anywhere with a Goth," BB said, crossing his arms. He looked at Raven. "Heh,"
Pietro glared down at Beast Boy.
"Well she is," Beast Boy said in a squeaky voice.
"You were saying, Beast Boy?" Raven looked at him with narrow eyes.
"You're not, Raven,"
"Neither is Rogue," She said.
"Thank you," Rogue said and pulled Pietro backwards by his shirt.
"Roguey!Iwasjustabouttopop'emone!" Pietro protested.
"Not today you ain't," Rogue said, shaking her head.
"What is with you two?" The man with the sunglasses walked in from the hall once again. "It's been over an hour, can't we just bag'em or something?" He asked impatiently. Before anyone could answer or object he went on. "Or better yet, Rogue, why don't you just touch the little devils and we'll be out of here!"
"Scott! You know the Prof. Wouldn't lahke that! Hell, you was in mah head fer weeks after that once!" Rogue said angrily. "I could tell him rihght now," She said with a smile.
"You wouldn't!" He yelled.
"Too late," She said, smirking.
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