Jedi: My very first Teen Titans fanfic! Yay! ::glee!:: ^_^ It's about
frickin' time, anyway. I've been prolonging this for quite a long time!
Now, you'll have to excuse me if somewhere in the story, some things may be
kinda OOC. I'm still trying to get over my loss of cable TV... ::sniff::
...and I've only seen three TT episodes. But I'll try to do my best with
just that. Here's the first chappy! Read your heart out!
~ The Raven's Omen - Chapter 1
It was a crisp, yet beautiful Wednesday afternoon the day when the Teen Titans agreed to dine out a bit differently than usual. Packing mantles, raw food and a grill, they were off to the park to have a barbeque picnic. It was BeastBoy's idea, of course. But he had a bit of a dilemma getting everyone to get this straight.
"A picnic?? All of us? At the park?" Robin had questioned. Cyborg was sitting beside him on the couch, both playing their newest videogame. Robin had paused the game to listen to BeastBoy.
"Uh, yeah!" BeastBoy continued. "It might fun, you know. I've seen many other people do it and it looks really..."
"Hold on," Cyborg had interrupted. "What are we gonna eat there?"
Beastboy knew what he was leading up to. But he was ready for that. If they didn't want to eat their tofu, then he won't make them. He wanted this picnic to be flawless, and that meant everyone should be satisfied.
"Whatever you want, man," he had said with a shrug.
"Alright!" Cyborg grinned and stood up and ran to the kitchen to pick out his steaks.
"So you're okay with it?" BeastBoy asked Robin.
"Yeah, sure," he answered. "Go tell the girls and come back to me when you're ready."
BeastBoy looked at him oddly for his dismissal, but just shrugged and carried on. After Robin and Cy, he went to talk to Starfire, who had absolutely no clue about what he was talking about. But she got the hang of it pretty quick... at least the picnic part.
"So you are inviting everyone to a social gathering where we will be eating... 'barbeque' food for the afternoon meal? What is this...'barbeque' you speak of?" she had asked with curiosity.
"It's uhh...a special kind of way to cook food, I guess," he said uncertainly.
That was good enough for her to withstand. "Well, then I'll very much be looking forward to it!" she said happily.
Last but certainly not least, he headed to Raven's room. He felt a bit guilty about disrupting her meditation, but by now he was used to her grim greeting.
"So, let me get this straight," Raven had said after BeastBoy explained. "You want to take all of us outdoors, so you can charbroil our food and we eat it on the ground?" Her face twisted in both disgust and perplexity.
"Um... yes?" he answered. 'Man, she won't come for that,' he thought.
Raven face softened as she pondered. She looked around her and picked up a large, leather-bound book on her small table. The page marker was halfway through the book. She looked back at BeastBoy blankly.
"Can I bring a book?" she asked.
"Huh? Oh, y-yeah, you can bring that..." BeastBoy said hastily, but with a smile.
Raven didn't answer. She nodded at him and turned her back.
'I guess that's a yes,' he thought as he walked away to get everything ready. 'Boy, that was easier than I thought it would be.'
So... that was it. It was a crisp, yet beautiful Wednesday afternoon and the Titans were off to the park. As they walked by, passing other park- goers, they looked out for a place to sit. Though Starfire was quite enthusiastic about "eating outdoors, contemplating the beautiful scenery", the others were still a little hesitant about this.
"Don't worry, guys!" BeastBoy said, smelling their fear.
Cyborg nudged at Robin. "Hey Robin," he said. "Did you remember to pack the three essentials? Blanket? Plates? Fire Extinguisher?" He cracked up at his own joke and Robin chuckled along. BeastBoy seethed at them.
"Hey, come on! Gimme a little credit, will ya?" he griped. "It's gonna be good... you'll see..."
Star giggled silently, even though she often had no comment for the boys' 'mockery'... Raven stayed silent; a mere unnoticed smile crept upon her face. After circling around for a few more minutes, they at last settled down in the grass. It was slightly breezy that fall afternoon; the winds from the cold northeast just seemed to fill the atmosphere. Even Cyborg admitted how nice it was to be out instead of cooped up in the tower.
Almost instantaneously, Raven sat on the blanket cross-legged and continued her book with her back turned from her friends. She had figured that she wouldn't be able to concentrate on her reading when it was time to eat. But she took advantage of the time and kept going... until the blissful moment was interrupted by BeastBoy.
"So, what'll you have, Raven?" she said to her with a grin.
She shut her book noisily and exhaled. "What did you bring?"
"Well, I--"
A vital explosion was heard in the distance, causing the Titans to jump in astonishment. The turned their heads to where they heard it from, and beheld a tall cloud of black smoke coming from the outskirts of the city. People ran away from that direction, searching for help. Robin didn't waste a second more.
"TITANS, LET'S GO!" he called out.
The five teenage superheroes left their stuff behind and bolted to the scene of desolation and turmoil. Starfire was flying ahead of the group, following the smoke column stretching out and darkening the sky. It was a truly horrible prospect and it got worse the closer they got to the smoke. When they finally made it, they gasped in unison at the city orphanage engulfed in flames. The firemen had not arrived yet and there were many souls in there, trapped in the fire.
"Woah..." Cyborg muttered. "I guess we should have brought the fire extinguisher after all..."
"Starfire! Raven!" Robin yelled over the crackle of the fire. "You two take the backside! Find and rescue as many people as you can! Cyborg and I will take the frontage and Beast searches the top floor!"
They nodded sharply in agreement and left to their duties. BeastBoy morphed into a pterodactyl and flew up to the windows, both looking out for victims and fanning the flames away from the nearby buildings.
The front door was not on fire, but it was barricaded shut by the falling rooftop. Cyborg blasted the door open and Robin charged in, dodging the fire that emerged from the wooden floor. Many children were huddled together in a corner that still wasn't on fire. Most of them were badly singed and frightened. Cyborg forced open another window an instructed the kids to run out.
Ashes fell in the way of Starfire's face, making it almost impossible to see where she was going. But she felt her way through the orphanage's kitchen, until she reached out and felt the warmth of someone's flesh. She immediately hugged the person tightly.
"Don't worry!" she exclaimed to the being. "I'll get you out of here!"
She was then pushed away by said person angrily. Starfire rubbed her eyes to see.
"It's me, you dolt!" Raven growled, holding back her rage.
"Oops... sorry Raven. I presumed you were an orphan child," Starfire said, a little embarrassed.
Raven ignored her and looked across the hall. Two small boys were lying motionless on the ground. Raven's amethyst eyes widened and both she and Starfire carried them out of the building before the roof caved in. Star tended to the children - who were thankfully still alive - and Raven ran back inside, pushing away heaps of rubble with her telekinesis. She was choking at the lack of air. She pulled down her hood so to not absorb the heat.
Across the room, she saw Robin and Cyborg leading more sufferers out of the orphanage. They spotted her and signaled everything was okay. Raven went back outside to help Starfire, but Star wasn't there. The two kids were now gone and Raven figured she had left to help Robin. But all of that changed when she heard Starfire's voice.
"Raven! Help me!!" she cried out.
Raven frowned and ran to where she heard Starfire from. 'This is pathetic,' she thought. 'We're supposed to be the heroes here! I bet she just got her boot stuck on a thorn bush.' She turned to an alley nearby, but it was empty. She ran ahead to see if it truly was isolated, and much to her surprise, she found out it wasn't..... the hard way. She was hit by an energy ray coming from a nearby doorway. It paralyzed her and she fell to her knees, unable to fight back. Her vision was beginning to get hazy until she was totally blinded.
~"Raven..."~ Starfire's cries for help echoed through her mind.
She felt like she was being dragged away. But she couldn't do anything about it. She slowly drifted off to unconsciousness.
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To Be Continued...
Jedi: Please review if you want me to continue! Thanx for reading! ^.^
~ The Raven's Omen - Chapter 1
It was a crisp, yet beautiful Wednesday afternoon the day when the Teen Titans agreed to dine out a bit differently than usual. Packing mantles, raw food and a grill, they were off to the park to have a barbeque picnic. It was BeastBoy's idea, of course. But he had a bit of a dilemma getting everyone to get this straight.
"A picnic?? All of us? At the park?" Robin had questioned. Cyborg was sitting beside him on the couch, both playing their newest videogame. Robin had paused the game to listen to BeastBoy.
"Uh, yeah!" BeastBoy continued. "It might fun, you know. I've seen many other people do it and it looks really..."
"Hold on," Cyborg had interrupted. "What are we gonna eat there?"
Beastboy knew what he was leading up to. But he was ready for that. If they didn't want to eat their tofu, then he won't make them. He wanted this picnic to be flawless, and that meant everyone should be satisfied.
"Whatever you want, man," he had said with a shrug.
"Alright!" Cyborg grinned and stood up and ran to the kitchen to pick out his steaks.
"So you're okay with it?" BeastBoy asked Robin.
"Yeah, sure," he answered. "Go tell the girls and come back to me when you're ready."
BeastBoy looked at him oddly for his dismissal, but just shrugged and carried on. After Robin and Cy, he went to talk to Starfire, who had absolutely no clue about what he was talking about. But she got the hang of it pretty quick... at least the picnic part.
"So you are inviting everyone to a social gathering where we will be eating... 'barbeque' food for the afternoon meal? What is this...'barbeque' you speak of?" she had asked with curiosity.
"It's uhh...a special kind of way to cook food, I guess," he said uncertainly.
That was good enough for her to withstand. "Well, then I'll very much be looking forward to it!" she said happily.
Last but certainly not least, he headed to Raven's room. He felt a bit guilty about disrupting her meditation, but by now he was used to her grim greeting.
"So, let me get this straight," Raven had said after BeastBoy explained. "You want to take all of us outdoors, so you can charbroil our food and we eat it on the ground?" Her face twisted in both disgust and perplexity.
"Um... yes?" he answered. 'Man, she won't come for that,' he thought.
Raven face softened as she pondered. She looked around her and picked up a large, leather-bound book on her small table. The page marker was halfway through the book. She looked back at BeastBoy blankly.
"Can I bring a book?" she asked.
"Huh? Oh, y-yeah, you can bring that..." BeastBoy said hastily, but with a smile.
Raven didn't answer. She nodded at him and turned her back.
'I guess that's a yes,' he thought as he walked away to get everything ready. 'Boy, that was easier than I thought it would be.'
So... that was it. It was a crisp, yet beautiful Wednesday afternoon and the Titans were off to the park. As they walked by, passing other park- goers, they looked out for a place to sit. Though Starfire was quite enthusiastic about "eating outdoors, contemplating the beautiful scenery", the others were still a little hesitant about this.
"Don't worry, guys!" BeastBoy said, smelling their fear.
Cyborg nudged at Robin. "Hey Robin," he said. "Did you remember to pack the three essentials? Blanket? Plates? Fire Extinguisher?" He cracked up at his own joke and Robin chuckled along. BeastBoy seethed at them.
"Hey, come on! Gimme a little credit, will ya?" he griped. "It's gonna be good... you'll see..."
Star giggled silently, even though she often had no comment for the boys' 'mockery'... Raven stayed silent; a mere unnoticed smile crept upon her face. After circling around for a few more minutes, they at last settled down in the grass. It was slightly breezy that fall afternoon; the winds from the cold northeast just seemed to fill the atmosphere. Even Cyborg admitted how nice it was to be out instead of cooped up in the tower.
Almost instantaneously, Raven sat on the blanket cross-legged and continued her book with her back turned from her friends. She had figured that she wouldn't be able to concentrate on her reading when it was time to eat. But she took advantage of the time and kept going... until the blissful moment was interrupted by BeastBoy.
"So, what'll you have, Raven?" she said to her with a grin.
She shut her book noisily and exhaled. "What did you bring?"
"Well, I--"
A vital explosion was heard in the distance, causing the Titans to jump in astonishment. The turned their heads to where they heard it from, and beheld a tall cloud of black smoke coming from the outskirts of the city. People ran away from that direction, searching for help. Robin didn't waste a second more.
"TITANS, LET'S GO!" he called out.
The five teenage superheroes left their stuff behind and bolted to the scene of desolation and turmoil. Starfire was flying ahead of the group, following the smoke column stretching out and darkening the sky. It was a truly horrible prospect and it got worse the closer they got to the smoke. When they finally made it, they gasped in unison at the city orphanage engulfed in flames. The firemen had not arrived yet and there were many souls in there, trapped in the fire.
"Woah..." Cyborg muttered. "I guess we should have brought the fire extinguisher after all..."
"Starfire! Raven!" Robin yelled over the crackle of the fire. "You two take the backside! Find and rescue as many people as you can! Cyborg and I will take the frontage and Beast searches the top floor!"
They nodded sharply in agreement and left to their duties. BeastBoy morphed into a pterodactyl and flew up to the windows, both looking out for victims and fanning the flames away from the nearby buildings.
The front door was not on fire, but it was barricaded shut by the falling rooftop. Cyborg blasted the door open and Robin charged in, dodging the fire that emerged from the wooden floor. Many children were huddled together in a corner that still wasn't on fire. Most of them were badly singed and frightened. Cyborg forced open another window an instructed the kids to run out.
Ashes fell in the way of Starfire's face, making it almost impossible to see where she was going. But she felt her way through the orphanage's kitchen, until she reached out and felt the warmth of someone's flesh. She immediately hugged the person tightly.
"Don't worry!" she exclaimed to the being. "I'll get you out of here!"
She was then pushed away by said person angrily. Starfire rubbed her eyes to see.
"It's me, you dolt!" Raven growled, holding back her rage.
"Oops... sorry Raven. I presumed you were an orphan child," Starfire said, a little embarrassed.
Raven ignored her and looked across the hall. Two small boys were lying motionless on the ground. Raven's amethyst eyes widened and both she and Starfire carried them out of the building before the roof caved in. Star tended to the children - who were thankfully still alive - and Raven ran back inside, pushing away heaps of rubble with her telekinesis. She was choking at the lack of air. She pulled down her hood so to not absorb the heat.
Across the room, she saw Robin and Cyborg leading more sufferers out of the orphanage. They spotted her and signaled everything was okay. Raven went back outside to help Starfire, but Star wasn't there. The two kids were now gone and Raven figured she had left to help Robin. But all of that changed when she heard Starfire's voice.
"Raven! Help me!!" she cried out.
Raven frowned and ran to where she heard Starfire from. 'This is pathetic,' she thought. 'We're supposed to be the heroes here! I bet she just got her boot stuck on a thorn bush.' She turned to an alley nearby, but it was empty. She ran ahead to see if it truly was isolated, and much to her surprise, she found out it wasn't..... the hard way. She was hit by an energy ray coming from a nearby doorway. It paralyzed her and she fell to her knees, unable to fight back. Her vision was beginning to get hazy until she was totally blinded.
~"Raven..."~ Starfire's cries for help echoed through her mind.
She felt like she was being dragged away. But she couldn't do anything about it. She slowly drifted off to unconsciousness.
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To Be Continued...
Jedi: Please review if you want me to continue! Thanx for reading! ^.^