Chapter 9: Things Start To Happen!
The Next Morning...
Raven woke up first and yawned quietly as she sat up in her bed. She smiled looking next to her seeing her fiance laying fast asleep next to her. A smell of roses filled the room. She looked around from her bed, then saw a bouquet of red roses on her dressing table. Next to the roses was a card and a box of chocolates.
Raven got up from her bed and walked over to her dressing table, she smiled as she smelt the roses, then picked up the card and began to read it.
The Card read:
"Dear Raven,
I feel so lucky being your new fiance and boyfriend!
I love waking up every morning to see you by my side,
I promise to love, spoil and protect you for-ever, Rae-Rae!
I love you so much
Love from Beast Boy"
Raven blushed after she finished reading the card, she gently put it back then whispered his name softly.
"Good morning, Rae-Rae!" Beast Boy's voice chirped as he just woke up. He looked over to her and smiled seeing that she had just read the card.
"Morning B..." Raven replied, watching him getting up from their bed, he walked over to her and gave her a hug. Raven smiled returning the hug she rest her head on his shoulder.
"Thank you!" Raven whispered to him softly, then looked at him for a moment before pressing her lips against his. Beast Boy returned the kiss, deepening it. After a while later Raven broke the kiss.
"What can I give you in return for the gifts that you gave me?" She asked, keeping her arms around him, referring to the roses, chocolate and card.
"All I want is for you to always love me!" Beast Boy replied with a smile. "That's all I could ever ask for!"
"You know I will always love you B! I could never stop loving you. " Raven whispered to him.
Mean while...
"You lied to me! YOU LIED! I can't believe that you actually lied to me! You said my mother wanted me back home and she didn't! She yelled at me, I couldn't find my communicator I had to go home the long way because of you! I can't believe your still in this team!" Ember yelled at Terra in the Hallway near Raven's room. "Give me a good reason why I shouldn't hurt you right now!" Ember's fists were clenched, she looked as if she was about to fight with Terra.
"What's going on?" Raven asked looking at Ember then Terra. Beast Boy was by her side with a concerned look on his face.
"This wrench lied to me!" Ember explained, sounding furious while looking at Terra, as if she was about to pound the blonde.
Terra gave them the innocent look as Ember talked to Raven and Beast Boy.
"What did she say?" Beast Boy wondered, putting his arms around Raven hugging her from behind.
"Terra said that my mother wanted me...I back to my home yesterday after school turns out she didn't want me and wants nothing to do with me...Then I went to contact Cy, but couldn't find my communicator. I'm most certain I put it in my trousers pocket!" Ember told them, calming down a bit.
"Speaking of Cyborg, where is he?" Raven looked around and noticed the half Robot half human wasn't there.
"I don't know...He didn't turn up last night." Ember replied looking worried.
"I'll see if I can contact him." Raven said, getting out her communicator with her left hand. Terra noticed the engagement ring on her finger and smirked.
"Didn't you know it was bad luck to become engaged early into your relationship? I hear that is the worst way for a relationship to work out!" Terra said to Raven, pointing at her ring. "Couple's who get engaged early usually end up breaking up!"
"Didn't you know you were such a pain, and you shouldn't be on this team?" Raven hissed back. She went to contact Cyborg but couldn't seem to reach him. The communicator went static when she tried contacting him.
"Weird, let me try mine!" Beast Boy gasped. He tried his communicator to contact Cyborg but got the same response. "Let's try contacting each other to see if its our communicators." He suggested.
Raven nodded and contacted Beast Boy's communicator which worked. "Something's not right...Something must've happened to Cyborg yesterday or last night." She frowned worriedly.
Ember looked at Raven with tears forming in her eyes. "I really hope not!" She gasped softly, trying to fight back the tears.
"I'll see if I can use my powers to locate him." Raven looked at Ember.
"Wait.. You can use your powers to locate people?" Ember blinked looking at Raven in interest. "Woah that is so cool!"
Raven gave her a smile then tried locating Cyborg using her powers, like she had done once with Robin. She looked at them a while later. "I can't seem to locate him. It's almost like he doesn't exist." She told them.
"No!" Ember gasped, fighting back tears. "Cy! He just can't be gone! He can't!" She panicked at the thought.
Terra began to back away innocently. "Uh I gotta run!"
"Oh no you don't! You've done something to Cy didn't you? What did you do to him?" Ember jumped in front of Terra, glaring at the blonde. "Cy and I were meant to go on a date last night and you ruined it for us! WHERE IS HE?" She demanded, grabbing the blonde's shirt and shaking her like a rag doll.
"He said he didn't want to go out with you! He said you were worthless!" Terra blurted out, not wanting to tell her where Cyborg was. If she told them that would ruin her plan to separate the Titans.
"The only thing that's worthless in this Tower is YOU!" Ember shoved Terra to the ground furiously.
"Um, shouldn't we stop them?" Beast Boy gasped watching Ember and Terra fight.
"No, but Ember has completely earned my respect!" Raven replied watching the fight in interest, wishing she had popcorn with her.
"GNH! How dare you say that I'm worthless! I'll show you what I'm made of!" Ember pinned Terra to the ground, and was about to punch Terra in the face, before Robin interrupted them.
"Woah! Ember and Terra calm down you two! What happened?" Robin exclaimed in surprise to see two of his team mates fighting.
"This brat did something to Cyborg! We can't contact him!" Ember explained, getting off Terra in disgust. "She shouldn't even be on this team!"
"I agree, she shouldn't be on this team... Let's see she's tried breaking Beast Boy and I, she got jealous because we're engaged. Now she's done something to Cyborg. We've tried locating him but no luck!" Raven looked at Robin in concern.
"Haven't you heard of the saying Blue and Green mustn't be seen?" Terra snapped at Raven referring to Beast Boy and Raven. "I really hope your relationship fails!"
"Terra, that's enough! Just because your jealous it doesn't mean you have to act this way, either grow up or leave the team!" Robin told her, frowning at the blonde.
Terra rolled her eyes and walked away.
"What do you mean she's done something with Cyborg?" Robin asked, turning his attention to Ember then Raven and Beast Boy after Terra had left the scene.
"We can't contact him." Raven replied looking worried. "I tried using my powers to locate him but had nothing! It's just like he doesn't exist anymore!"
Ember began to cry, she was really worried about Cyborg. He welcomed her into his home and became her best friend instantly, the two had a good friendship and were about to begin dating.
"It's ok, we'll find him. I don't know how but we will!" Raven looked over at Ember.
Back with Cyborg:
"I better contact Ember and tell her I can't go on the date tonight, but I will make it another night!" Cyborg said to himself as he drove along heading towards Steel City. "I feel horrible having to put the date on hold, I mean I really want to go on a date with Ember!" He added frowning. He pulled over onto the side of the road and went to use his communicator, only finding out it was missing.
"Huh? Strange I'm most certain I put it in the glove box!" He mumbled to himself, then searched the car for his communicator, not finding it. "Weird...Maybe it fell under the seats?" He then looked under the T-Car's seats only finding out that nothing was under them.
"I'll try my arm then!" Cyborg then tried contacting Ember with the built in communicator in his arm. He heard static on the other end. "Gnh! Fine, I'll try the others." He still heard static on the other end then frowned with worry.
"This just doesn't add up! Everything was working fine yesterday!" He mumbled to himself. He then drove the car back onto the road, only running out of fuel half way through the Traffic Lights.
"Aw man!" Cyborg gave a annoyed exclamation. "Do you really have to run out of fuel now?" He sighed as if he was talking to the car. He switched on the hazard lights and turned the car off, he watched the cars from behind his going around his car, honking their horns in annoyance.
Cyborg sighed once again. "There's only one thing to do! I'll carry my car to the Titans East!" He muttered in annoyance. He got out of his car then crawled underneath it, lifting it up with his hands and strength. Many people stared at him while they drove past, it was strange seeing someone carrying their car to their destination.
"When I get to Titan's East, I'm going to see if I can contact the other Titans!" He said to himself, as he carried the car all the way back to the Tower.
Back with the other Titans
Starfire was in the kitchen, making some sort of breakfast, humming a happy tune to herself. She smiled watching as Raven and Beast Boy came walking in together.
"Good morning friends! I have the most exciting news to give you! But I must wait until Robin comes!" Starfire chirped as she mixed something in a bowl.
"We've got some news to tell all of you as well.." Beast Boy grinned, helping himself to his breakfast.
Ember came walking in the room, looking miserable about Cyborg. She tried to be happy for the others but couldn't. She was mostly worried about Cyborg then anything.
Robin walked in soon after. Terra was no where to be seen much to Raven's relief.
Robin began talking to Starfire for a moment before putting his arms around her with a smile on his face.
"Friends! Robin and I are getting married!" Starfire exclaimed, showing an engagement ring on her finger. Her eyes shone with happiness when she announced that.
"Congratulations you two! Beast Boy and I are also engaged..." Raven announced, showing her engagement ring.
"This is simply glorious!" Starfire chirped, flying over to Raven to hug her. Raven smiled and hugged her back. "Perhaps we can have the double wedding?" Starfire suggested.
"Really? Congratulations you four! I'm happy for all of you!" Ember said with a smile. She was still worried about Cyborg.
"That could be fun!" Raven said quietly referring to the double wedding.
"Hmm this is strange. I did not hear Cyborg say the "Booyah" Where is he?" Starfire said, after a while. She looked around the room and noticed the half human half robot wasn't there.
"We don't know...He never turned up today." Ember began tearing up again. "It doesn't feel the same with out him being here!" She began crying once again, burring her face in her hands.
Raven joined the red head's side, putting her hand on her shoulder. "I know how you feel...If I was in the same position with Beast Boy I'd be absolutely devastated if he went missing! I promise we'll find a way to track him. I'm not sure how though!"
Robin and Beast Boy began talking mostly about Cyborg wondering what happened to him.
Starfire joined Raven's side worriedly. "But Cyborg can't just simply vanish into the thin air." She began.
"We think Terra has something to do with his disappearance." Ember said. "I mean she can't be trusted!"
Raven strongly agreed with Ember on that one, not because she hated Terra because she also thinks Terra is behind Cyborg's disappearance.
"Just before I went into school yesterday, he asked me out on a date. I said yes to that and now he vanishes...He must've told Terra and..." Ember began, before bursting into tears again. She couldn't help it, she was rather attached to Cyborg and extremely worried about him.
"But how are we to ask Terra where Cyborg is?" Starfire wondered.
"We can't...She won't tell us that's for sure. We just have to somehow find him, hopefully he's okay!" Raven said after a while of thinking. "You know what she was like last time, she tried destroying all of us! Even Beast Boy, her former lover!"
"Wait, Beast Boy and Terra were in a relationship?" Ember asked looking up at Raven as she dried her tears away.
"Unfortunately yes..." Raven replied, looking disgusted about it. "But that was before he and I became really close friends... I hated seeing her with Beast Boy and flirting with him when they walked past me!" She shuddered at the memory.
"If you don't mind me asking, how did they um fall apart?" Ember looked at Raven in interest.
"She ended up joining Slade's side...Breaking his heart, it took me months to help him get through it and back to his usual self after Terra got petrified!" Raven explained with a sigh.
"Do you think, well, you know that she could be still working for Slade?" Ember suddenly suggested.
"It's possible...But how are we to prove it?" Starfire asked. "But if she was working for Slade she would have done something horrible to us already!"
"She already has done one horrible thing, she took Cyborg away from us!" Ember reminded Starfire. "It hurts saying it too!"
After a while of talking to Raven and Ember, Starfire decided to go back to her room to finish tidying it up after Robin had moved in with her. On the way she bumped into Terra who was holding something in her hand.
"Greetings friend Terra!" Starfire said with a smile.
"Hi Starfire...I have some bad news for you, there will be no wedding between you and Robin, I have found this image of Robin." Terra burst out as she held a picture of 'Robin' kissing another girl, with black hair. To Starfire it looked real and recent.
"No! Why would Robin do the kissing of another girl?" Starfire gasped softly as tears formed in her eyes. "T-Thank you for letting me know, when did former fiance Robin kiss this girl?" She asked, taking off the engagement ring.
"No problem...I took the picture yesterday actually! I was surprised to see Robin kissing her! I thought he loved you but it appears he doesn't! I also have a recording of him talking to her if you would like to hear it!" Terra added, enjoying the fact that Starfire believed her.
"I do not wish to hear the recording...I just wish to be alone now, thank you Terra!" Starfire burst into tears as she flew into her room. She packed all of her things into a bag and threw the engagement ring onto the bed. She opened her bedroom window and flew off, with the bag in her hand she made her way back to Tamaran. Feeling rather hurt and confused wondering why Robin would kiss another girl.
Terra smirked and did a victory dance once Starfire had left. "Two Titans gone, and four to go! Raven, Beast Boy, Robin and Ember!" She said to herself, giving herself a hug.
"But how am I going to separate Raven from Beast Boy? She's not as gullible as Starfire is, and nor is he!" She muttered as she walked away from Starfire's room. "They seem to be lovey dovey, maybe I should keep annoying Raven and hope that would make her leave the team OR do something to Beast Boy making them both to leave! THAT'S IT! That's what I'm going to do! OH Terra you are absolutely amazing!" The blonde hugged herself, relieved that nobody was listening to her while she talked to herself about her plans.
Ember had calmed down again after talking about Cyborg. "Would the other Titans help us search for him?" She asked, sitting down next to Raven.
"They will. I'll contact them now and see if they can help us!" Raven replied, Beast Boy was sitting next to her while Robin was standing up and looking up Cyborg's possible locations on the computer in the Main Room.
"We'll also give you another communicator!" Robin turned around and smiled at Ember. "You deserve it after all!"
Ember gave him a weak smile, she was still worried sick about Cyborg and couldn't stop thinking of what happened to him.
"I have a faint signal in Steel City of Cyborg being there." Robin announced after an hour of searching on the computer.
"Steel City? Where's that?" Ember asked, she had never left Jump City.
"It's an hour away...Wait now it says Cy's in Gotham?" Robin stared at the computer in confusion. "Now he's in Tokyo? This makes no sense! Why is he going around the world? Great the signal dropped out...I can't pick up Cyborg's location anymore." Robin let out a frustrated groan.
Will the Titans find Cyborg and be able to contact him to see if he is ok?
Who will be the first to discover that Starfire is missing?
What does Terra plan to do to Beast Boy in order to make Raven and Beast Boy quit the team?
What will Titans East Say when Cyborg suddenly turns up with the T-Car?
Stay tuned for the next chapter!