Jedi: *checks calendar* O_O Aaah! It's 2004 and I haven't updated 'till
now! I'm a failure as a writer!!! *bangs head against the keyboard* But no
matter the obstacle, I will finish every story I start! Even if I takes
until 2005!!
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~ The Raven's Omen - Chapter 9
"What's going on?" BeastBoy asked immediately as he made it to area near the front door. Robin, Cyborg and Starfire were in fighting position, but there was no one there. Beast raised an eyebrow at them. "I... thought we were being ambushed..."
Suddenly a blaring explosion went off behind him. Before he could turn around and see what was happening, Robin pulled him out of the way just before a giant flare was shot at the same spot he was standing in. Robin got up right away and looked around frantically, leaving BeastBoy gaping at the crater in the ground.
"We are," Robin stated.
"...I see..." Beast muttered, still staring at the crater.
"The question now should be 'who the heck is it?'." Robin said.
A small black figure with wings flew over their heads and caught the Titans off-guard. Cy cocked his blaster and Starfire was about to shoot out two starbolts, when BeastBoy reeled back.
"Hold on! That's Raven!" he cried out a bit too late.
Cyborg stepped down, but Starfire had just let the starbolts loose. Luckily, Raven summoned her shield not a second too late and the bolts bounced right into the walls. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when Raven turned back to her real form. She glared at Starfire from afar.
BeastBoy, still sprawled on the ground, laughed briefly at the close call.
"I'm very sorry--" Star began, but another explosion sounded off, this time in the second floor.
"I suggest you get up before I blow up your carcass, little man," a women's voice was heard from above and another flare came down to the Titans' direction. It barely missed and the rumbling stopped soon enough to hear the echo of a familiar sinister chuckle.
"It's Megara..." Cyborg said, eyes narrowing.
"Since when was she out of jail?!" BeastBoy spat out and stood up quickly. "How'd she get in here??!?!"
"Are you kidding me? I've been here since this morning," she said. Her voice felt unusually close and the teens whirled around, trying to find Megara. "Don't bother... it's my new invention. It distributes my voice into any direction I want it to go. I'm quite proud of it, actually..."
"I suggest you tone down the gloating," Cyborg shot back. "It won't do you much good when we're done with you!"
"Titans, spread out!" Robin ordered.
Starfire and Raven flew upstairs; quite sure they could find Megara wherever the loud explosions came from. Starfire landed in the hallway, about to run ahead. Raven quickly grabbed her shoulder, signaling her to stay put.
"What's the matter?" Star whispered.
"I sense a negative presence... she's close... and she's about to--"
Raven was cut short by another explosion, this time sounding very close to her. She and Star jumped out of the way of the flare that always followed after the blast and Raven charged to its source.
"Zinthos!" she recited, swiftly changing into a raven and produced an energy shield, making a flare reflect right back to its cause. Mistress Megara shrieked in surprise as her cloaking device was destroyed, making her visible again.
"You sniveling brat!" she cried out. "You're first!"
Raven paused in horror as she saw the mistress pull out the very same electric stun rifle she had used on the Titans before and squeezed the trigger, sending both Starfire and Raven down to the ground before they could dodge it.
Megara smirked. "Like hitting two birds with one stone," she said.
Meanwhile downstairs, BeastBoy tried to open the doors without any avail. Even the front door was tightly shut, although there was no lock upon it.
"It has to be one of her inventions of some sort," Robin said. "Come on, there are other things to worry about now!"
"Oh! Like saving your skin? Which I'm pretty sure you won't succeed in?" The mistress said with a laugh and shot them all into unconsciousness from a spot in the shadows. She walked out and kicked at their motionless bodies. "Now to finish them off," she murmured happily to herself and carefully switched dials in her electric rifle, changing it into a death- inducing weapon.
"This was all way too straightforward," she said, aiming first at Robin sprawled on the ground.
All of a sudden, she heard a strange noise and put the weapon down, thinking one of the Titans may have awakened. But instead, came a golden blur from her left and lunged at Megara, toppling her over.
She cried out at the sight of Omen's face before her. Full of fury, Omen barked loudly at her and attempted to scratch her face. The mistress kicked the dog away and rolled over to reach for her rifle. Aiming for Robin again, Omen charged her again, this time biting her leg. The woman's scream caused BeastBoy, Cyborg and Raven to jump to their feet, for they weren't stunned directly, like Robin and Starfire.
"Stupid Beast!!!" Megara hollered at Omen, putting himself between her and BeastBoy. "This is the LAST TIME I shall put up with you!!"
She raised the rifle to the golden retriever and whirred up the weapon, muffling a cry from above her.
"Omen!"
BeastBoy and Cyborg looked up just in time to see Raven bounding from above and landing square on Megara's shoulders, knocking her out. BeastBoy grinned widely.
"Way to go, Rae!" he cried out. Raven paused to smile at him briefly and then kneeled down to stare directly at Omen. The golden pup gave her a doggy smile and bounded around her, clearly knowing he had just been saved. Raven chuckled lightly, almost unnoticeably and did something that no other Titan ever thought she'd do.
She stretched out her arms and hugged Omen contently.
"First we actually get fanmail for the dog this morning, then we get beat up by a freak lady probably three times our age, and now this!" Cy shook his head. "The world just doesn't make sense anymore..."
Raven let go of the dog and looked up, linking eyes with BeastBoy.
"So, great mentor... weren't you going to tell me something before all this?" she said seriously.
BeastBoy was dumbfounded for a second. "Oh? ...ohh! Y-Yeah, I was but, uhh..." he looked at Cyborg in a sideways glance and back at Raven with a pained expression. "...now?"
"Now what?" Cy couldn't help but ask.
"Nothing, it's just.... umm--"
"Oh, no. Not good!!" Raven suddenly stood up frantically and ran upstairs. BeastBoy was about to ask what was wrong until he saw it for himself. Omen was gone.
And so was Megara.
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To Be Continued...
Readers: ;;;
~ The Raven's Omen - Chapter 9
"What's going on?" BeastBoy asked immediately as he made it to area near the front door. Robin, Cyborg and Starfire were in fighting position, but there was no one there. Beast raised an eyebrow at them. "I... thought we were being ambushed..."
Suddenly a blaring explosion went off behind him. Before he could turn around and see what was happening, Robin pulled him out of the way just before a giant flare was shot at the same spot he was standing in. Robin got up right away and looked around frantically, leaving BeastBoy gaping at the crater in the ground.
"We are," Robin stated.
"...I see..." Beast muttered, still staring at the crater.
"The question now should be 'who the heck is it?'." Robin said.
A small black figure with wings flew over their heads and caught the Titans off-guard. Cy cocked his blaster and Starfire was about to shoot out two starbolts, when BeastBoy reeled back.
"Hold on! That's Raven!" he cried out a bit too late.
Cyborg stepped down, but Starfire had just let the starbolts loose. Luckily, Raven summoned her shield not a second too late and the bolts bounced right into the walls. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when Raven turned back to her real form. She glared at Starfire from afar.
BeastBoy, still sprawled on the ground, laughed briefly at the close call.
"I'm very sorry--" Star began, but another explosion sounded off, this time in the second floor.
"I suggest you get up before I blow up your carcass, little man," a women's voice was heard from above and another flare came down to the Titans' direction. It barely missed and the rumbling stopped soon enough to hear the echo of a familiar sinister chuckle.
"It's Megara..." Cyborg said, eyes narrowing.
"Since when was she out of jail?!" BeastBoy spat out and stood up quickly. "How'd she get in here??!?!"
"Are you kidding me? I've been here since this morning," she said. Her voice felt unusually close and the teens whirled around, trying to find Megara. "Don't bother... it's my new invention. It distributes my voice into any direction I want it to go. I'm quite proud of it, actually..."
"I suggest you tone down the gloating," Cyborg shot back. "It won't do you much good when we're done with you!"
"Titans, spread out!" Robin ordered.
Starfire and Raven flew upstairs; quite sure they could find Megara wherever the loud explosions came from. Starfire landed in the hallway, about to run ahead. Raven quickly grabbed her shoulder, signaling her to stay put.
"What's the matter?" Star whispered.
"I sense a negative presence... she's close... and she's about to--"
Raven was cut short by another explosion, this time sounding very close to her. She and Star jumped out of the way of the flare that always followed after the blast and Raven charged to its source.
"Zinthos!" she recited, swiftly changing into a raven and produced an energy shield, making a flare reflect right back to its cause. Mistress Megara shrieked in surprise as her cloaking device was destroyed, making her visible again.
"You sniveling brat!" she cried out. "You're first!"
Raven paused in horror as she saw the mistress pull out the very same electric stun rifle she had used on the Titans before and squeezed the trigger, sending both Starfire and Raven down to the ground before they could dodge it.
Megara smirked. "Like hitting two birds with one stone," she said.
Meanwhile downstairs, BeastBoy tried to open the doors without any avail. Even the front door was tightly shut, although there was no lock upon it.
"It has to be one of her inventions of some sort," Robin said. "Come on, there are other things to worry about now!"
"Oh! Like saving your skin? Which I'm pretty sure you won't succeed in?" The mistress said with a laugh and shot them all into unconsciousness from a spot in the shadows. She walked out and kicked at their motionless bodies. "Now to finish them off," she murmured happily to herself and carefully switched dials in her electric rifle, changing it into a death- inducing weapon.
"This was all way too straightforward," she said, aiming first at Robin sprawled on the ground.
All of a sudden, she heard a strange noise and put the weapon down, thinking one of the Titans may have awakened. But instead, came a golden blur from her left and lunged at Megara, toppling her over.
She cried out at the sight of Omen's face before her. Full of fury, Omen barked loudly at her and attempted to scratch her face. The mistress kicked the dog away and rolled over to reach for her rifle. Aiming for Robin again, Omen charged her again, this time biting her leg. The woman's scream caused BeastBoy, Cyborg and Raven to jump to their feet, for they weren't stunned directly, like Robin and Starfire.
"Stupid Beast!!!" Megara hollered at Omen, putting himself between her and BeastBoy. "This is the LAST TIME I shall put up with you!!"
She raised the rifle to the golden retriever and whirred up the weapon, muffling a cry from above her.
"Omen!"
BeastBoy and Cyborg looked up just in time to see Raven bounding from above and landing square on Megara's shoulders, knocking her out. BeastBoy grinned widely.
"Way to go, Rae!" he cried out. Raven paused to smile at him briefly and then kneeled down to stare directly at Omen. The golden pup gave her a doggy smile and bounded around her, clearly knowing he had just been saved. Raven chuckled lightly, almost unnoticeably and did something that no other Titan ever thought she'd do.
She stretched out her arms and hugged Omen contently.
"First we actually get fanmail for the dog this morning, then we get beat up by a freak lady probably three times our age, and now this!" Cy shook his head. "The world just doesn't make sense anymore..."
Raven let go of the dog and looked up, linking eyes with BeastBoy.
"So, great mentor... weren't you going to tell me something before all this?" she said seriously.
BeastBoy was dumbfounded for a second. "Oh? ...ohh! Y-Yeah, I was but, uhh..." he looked at Cyborg in a sideways glance and back at Raven with a pained expression. "...now?"
"Now what?" Cy couldn't help but ask.
"Nothing, it's just.... umm--"
"Oh, no. Not good!!" Raven suddenly stood up frantically and ran upstairs. BeastBoy was about to ask what was wrong until he saw it for himself. Omen was gone.
And so was Megara.
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To Be Continued...