Jedi: I know, I know, I took long! Just calm down and read the chappy
already! ^^ Hope you like.
~ The Raven's Omen - Chapter 7
Mistress Megara's mentor was indeed 'visiting' her; but he stayed in the shadows to her left, keeping his distance from the security camera far on the right. Megara understood this and looked down at the ground, trying to not make any eye contact.
"Yes, it is me..." he continued. "And do you know why I bothered to come up here to you in person, Meg?"
"Well, uh--"
"I saw you in action yesterday. And I saw that your fall was due to the failure of your oversized weaponry as well."
Megara stood aghast and couldn't help but to look up at her master. She had forgotten that she was under surveillance the whole time... and they must have definitely noticed that she took the Titans too lightly.
"It seems you underestimated the Titans... as I have warned you not to," he said.
"Please, sir! Have mercy!" Megara cried out in shame, falling to her knees. "I know I have done wrong and I will understand if you wish for me to not work for you anymore, but spare my life..."
She cringed when hearing her master's sinister chuckle echoing in the room.
"I liked your vigor, Meg. That's why you were perfect for the job. And as soon as get you out of here, I want you to hunt down the Titans yourself."
"What?"
"Your lack of space was completely against you, and now you'll have to take them down in their own home..."
"You'd... really give me another chance?" Megara said in aghast.
"Yes... but if you mess up this time... the deal will be off. And so will your existence."
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"Okay Rae, now let's see you do this again."
Raven was getting tired of this. She had been practicing transforming from bird to girl for the fifty minutes. But she just silently agreed and spread her arms to her sides as if getting ready for the transformation. She searched deep within herself and found the mantra that appeared to trigger the conversion much faster.
"Zinthos... Zinthos..." she would mutter to herself and could practically feel herself rapidly getting smaller, quicker and energized. Opening her eyes again she looked down to once again find talons instead of feet, and she glanced up at BeastBoy. He was beaming widely and clapping vigorously.
"Awesome! That was way faster than last time!" he cried out.
Raven would have been mortified about BeastBoy's behavior, but there was nobody around except the both of them. They were practicing at the top of the Titans' Tower.
"Okay, the transformation practice is over!" he declared, walking toward Raven.
'Oh, thank gods,' she thought. 'I thought this clown would never let me be.'
"Um... I can hear what you're thinking as a raven, remember?" BeastBoy said with a wince.
Raven cursed herself for what she had thought when seeing BeastBoy's hurt look on his face. The last thing she wanted was a fit and him canceling her lesson. But the green changeling recovered from that and proceeding with the lesson, he morphed into a hawk.
"Okay now... let's work with the flying. How far up can you go without getting dizzy?" he said stepping back a bit.
'Well, as far as I can when I levitate as my true self,' she thought while flying up as far as she thought she could stand. Getting back down, she stopped short and looked around swiftly.
"It's not parallel to the tree! Don't you know ANYTHING?!"
"I know that you're acting like a complete jerk!"
She was hearing those voices again. They were just like the ones she had heard in the recovery room, but they didn't belong to any of the Titans. Raven began to think she was completely losing her mind, because she couldn't see anyone, just like yesterday when there was no other living being... except herself and those birds out the window...
Wait a minute... birds out the window?
Morphing herself back to normal, she walked briskly to the other side of the Tower. BeastBoy had no idea what was going on with her, so he also turned to normal and chased after Raven.
"Hey! Hey, wait a minute!" he called out to her. "The lecture isn't over yet, girl! Hey!!"
Raven ignored him and walked to the edge of the rooftop. Looking down at the nearest tree from their headquarters ((A/N: I know, I know there aren't any trees near the Tower, but in this fanfic there is one.)), she could hear the conversations a lot more clearly. At first she might have assumed that the trees were talking, but it was actually the birds.
Raven stood aghast at this...
"What'cha lookin' at?" BeastBoy said. When he finally reached her, he followed Raven's gaze to the tree. "Heh... birds? What got you interested in nature all of a sudden?" he said with a chuckle.
Raven shot him a malicious glare.
"Okay... I'll just leave you alone now..." Beast answered, backing away a little.
"Did you hear that?" she said.
"Hear what?" BeastBoy peered over the edge near Raven and listened intensively. He could only hear the waves splashing against the sand, the cars honking and zooming by from the city and faint tweeters of the birds...
"The birds are arguing about the position of their nests," Raven said.
BeastBoy stared at her like if she had just escaped from a mental asylum.
"Oh-kay, Rae... I think those waffles have gone to your head now..." he grabbed her arm and led her to the exit. "You need some rest before we continue."
Raven jerked away from BeastBoy and grimaced. "I'm serious, BeastBoy. I can hear them speak..." She walked back to where she heard the birds' voices. "Does this have to do with the new abilities I obtained yesterday?" she asked herself out loud.
"It has to be..." Beast said, thinking Raven was talking to him. "I mean, it's like totally new skills that just have many possibilities! Man, you're so lucky..."
Raven raised an eyebrow at him. "Lucky? What's so lucky about waking up every morning to hear hollering birds outside the windows?"
"Of course, what I mean is that even though I can transform to any animal imaginable, I can't speak to them of hear them speak back. You, on the other hand, can hear them from so far! Those are just the small little things I envy every once in awhile... like the time I had to work with that Aqua Dude."
He sighed, truly amazed at all that has happened for the last 36 hours. He looked sideways at Raven, half-expecting her to not be listening at all. But she was listening, and she was sort of feeling more and more privileged of her new powers. BeastBoy snorted and shook his head.
"So... are we gonna get going?" he finally said.
"Yes. Let's go."
Both Titans turned and walked back to the center of the rooftop, where they could appropriately keep practicing new moves.
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To Be Continued...
~ The Raven's Omen - Chapter 7
Mistress Megara's mentor was indeed 'visiting' her; but he stayed in the shadows to her left, keeping his distance from the security camera far on the right. Megara understood this and looked down at the ground, trying to not make any eye contact.
"Yes, it is me..." he continued. "And do you know why I bothered to come up here to you in person, Meg?"
"Well, uh--"
"I saw you in action yesterday. And I saw that your fall was due to the failure of your oversized weaponry as well."
Megara stood aghast and couldn't help but to look up at her master. She had forgotten that she was under surveillance the whole time... and they must have definitely noticed that she took the Titans too lightly.
"It seems you underestimated the Titans... as I have warned you not to," he said.
"Please, sir! Have mercy!" Megara cried out in shame, falling to her knees. "I know I have done wrong and I will understand if you wish for me to not work for you anymore, but spare my life..."
She cringed when hearing her master's sinister chuckle echoing in the room.
"I liked your vigor, Meg. That's why you were perfect for the job. And as soon as get you out of here, I want you to hunt down the Titans yourself."
"What?"
"Your lack of space was completely against you, and now you'll have to take them down in their own home..."
"You'd... really give me another chance?" Megara said in aghast.
"Yes... but if you mess up this time... the deal will be off. And so will your existence."
~\~/~
"Okay Rae, now let's see you do this again."
Raven was getting tired of this. She had been practicing transforming from bird to girl for the fifty minutes. But she just silently agreed and spread her arms to her sides as if getting ready for the transformation. She searched deep within herself and found the mantra that appeared to trigger the conversion much faster.
"Zinthos... Zinthos..." she would mutter to herself and could practically feel herself rapidly getting smaller, quicker and energized. Opening her eyes again she looked down to once again find talons instead of feet, and she glanced up at BeastBoy. He was beaming widely and clapping vigorously.
"Awesome! That was way faster than last time!" he cried out.
Raven would have been mortified about BeastBoy's behavior, but there was nobody around except the both of them. They were practicing at the top of the Titans' Tower.
"Okay, the transformation practice is over!" he declared, walking toward Raven.
'Oh, thank gods,' she thought. 'I thought this clown would never let me be.'
"Um... I can hear what you're thinking as a raven, remember?" BeastBoy said with a wince.
Raven cursed herself for what she had thought when seeing BeastBoy's hurt look on his face. The last thing she wanted was a fit and him canceling her lesson. But the green changeling recovered from that and proceeding with the lesson, he morphed into a hawk.
"Okay now... let's work with the flying. How far up can you go without getting dizzy?" he said stepping back a bit.
'Well, as far as I can when I levitate as my true self,' she thought while flying up as far as she thought she could stand. Getting back down, she stopped short and looked around swiftly.
"It's not parallel to the tree! Don't you know ANYTHING?!"
"I know that you're acting like a complete jerk!"
She was hearing those voices again. They were just like the ones she had heard in the recovery room, but they didn't belong to any of the Titans. Raven began to think she was completely losing her mind, because she couldn't see anyone, just like yesterday when there was no other living being... except herself and those birds out the window...
Wait a minute... birds out the window?
Morphing herself back to normal, she walked briskly to the other side of the Tower. BeastBoy had no idea what was going on with her, so he also turned to normal and chased after Raven.
"Hey! Hey, wait a minute!" he called out to her. "The lecture isn't over yet, girl! Hey!!"
Raven ignored him and walked to the edge of the rooftop. Looking down at the nearest tree from their headquarters ((A/N: I know, I know there aren't any trees near the Tower, but in this fanfic there is one.)), she could hear the conversations a lot more clearly. At first she might have assumed that the trees were talking, but it was actually the birds.
Raven stood aghast at this...
"What'cha lookin' at?" BeastBoy said. When he finally reached her, he followed Raven's gaze to the tree. "Heh... birds? What got you interested in nature all of a sudden?" he said with a chuckle.
Raven shot him a malicious glare.
"Okay... I'll just leave you alone now..." Beast answered, backing away a little.
"Did you hear that?" she said.
"Hear what?" BeastBoy peered over the edge near Raven and listened intensively. He could only hear the waves splashing against the sand, the cars honking and zooming by from the city and faint tweeters of the birds...
"The birds are arguing about the position of their nests," Raven said.
BeastBoy stared at her like if she had just escaped from a mental asylum.
"Oh-kay, Rae... I think those waffles have gone to your head now..." he grabbed her arm and led her to the exit. "You need some rest before we continue."
Raven jerked away from BeastBoy and grimaced. "I'm serious, BeastBoy. I can hear them speak..." She walked back to where she heard the birds' voices. "Does this have to do with the new abilities I obtained yesterday?" she asked herself out loud.
"It has to be..." Beast said, thinking Raven was talking to him. "I mean, it's like totally new skills that just have many possibilities! Man, you're so lucky..."
Raven raised an eyebrow at him. "Lucky? What's so lucky about waking up every morning to hear hollering birds outside the windows?"
"Of course, what I mean is that even though I can transform to any animal imaginable, I can't speak to them of hear them speak back. You, on the other hand, can hear them from so far! Those are just the small little things I envy every once in awhile... like the time I had to work with that Aqua Dude."
He sighed, truly amazed at all that has happened for the last 36 hours. He looked sideways at Raven, half-expecting her to not be listening at all. But she was listening, and she was sort of feeling more and more privileged of her new powers. BeastBoy snorted and shook his head.
"So... are we gonna get going?" he finally said.
"Yes. Let's go."
Both Titans turned and walked back to the center of the rooftop, where they could appropriately keep practicing new moves.
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To Be Continued...