Last Resort
Dis: I DON'T OWN THE TEEN TITANS!!!! Except for Vampyre and Razenur. Don't sue me.
Thx to: Raven and Chris, and anyone else who R&R's.
Titans Tower, main room, afternoon.
It was hot, and the Titans were BORED! But, each found a way to at least pass the time. Robin was hammering away at the punching bag. Starfire was trying to cook something from a cookbook she bought at the mall. Cyborg was lifting weights next to Robin. Raven was meditating. Beast Boy was just staring out the window. Vampyre had a whetstone and was sharpening his shurikens.
"Dude, is it me, or does it seem like there's nothing to do around here?" Beast Boy asked for the hundredth time.
"How many times are you going to say that? You are interrupting my concentration." Raven informed Beast Boy.
"But what about Cyborg? Or Robin? They're making more noise than I am! All that grunting and stuff."
"That may be so, but Beast Boy, you're in here" Vampyre spoke up, pointing down, "And they're in there" He said, pointing to the room.
"Well, there's nothing to do." He replied, with a pout.
"NOTHING TO DO?!" Vampyre exploded. "THERE'S TONS TO DO!!! GO SWIMMING, GO TO THE ARCADE, YOU JUST HAVE TO THINK!!!!!"
"Dude! You just gave me a great idea! Let's all go swimming at the beach!" Beast Boy yelled after thinking for a moment.
"I don't think so," Raven automatically replied.
"Aw, why not? I mean, it's like, fun there-"Beast Boy began.
"Yeah, Raven, come on, give it a shot. Heck, I'll go." Vampyre said.
"Well... okay, but just this once." Raven finally replied. "And you have to promise not to laugh."
"We promise," Beast Boy and Vampyre said in unison.
Titans Tower
Raven came down, wearing her usual cape, but with a two-piece on under it. When she did come in, Beast Boy and Vampyre seemed at a loss for words, having promised not to laugh.
"Interesting. That's all I'm going to say, interesting." Vampyre said after a long, painful moment of silence.
"Yeah, what he said," Beast Boy quickly followed.
"Okay, I know we're going to the beach, but instead of using our powers, why don't we take Cyborg's car and the Bat mobile?" Robin asked.
"I've got an idea. We could race Cyborg's car against the Bat mobile against my hover bike, Apocalypse." Vampyre said.
"Sounds good, everyone else agree?" There was a general murmur of agreement among the Titans.
"Alright then, me and Raven, BB and CY, Robin and Star." Vampyre said.
"Let's go."
Beginning of the race, somewhere.
(A/n, this is done almost entirely from Raven's point of view.)
The Titans stood, with the 3 racers, at the beginning of a treacherous track. Treacherous, because it was filled with so many curves.
"Here's the deal. Anything goes. But, watch out, I've got land mines all around, and while they won't kill you, they will get you out of the race for a few seconds." Vampyre said.
"When you say anything goes, do you mean we can shoot at each other?" Cyborg asked, trying to sound nonchalant.
"Anything goes, means whoever gets there first, wins, period. Let's go." Vampyre said, as he mounted Apocalypse. Raven followed, gripping Vampyre's chest. After a few tense seconds, the communicators clicked, signaling the start.
When Vampyre hit the accelerator, Raven wished she had gripped him tighter. The sheer force as they went from 5-90 mph in just 5 seconds almost threw her off the bike, but she managed to hold on.
"Are you trying to kill us?" She yelled at him.
"No. If I was, we'd already be dead." He replied. Something whizzed past Raven's ear. Actually a number of things, energy bolts. Raven screamed.
"Hang tight. I'll get him off of our tail. Just reach into the box-like opening. Pick out the plasma grenade and hand it here." Vampyre commanded. Raven usually did not take orders, but being Vampyre knew what he was doing, she complied.
"Take the handlebars for a sec."
"What?!"
"I said take the handlebars, I need to throw this at them."
"Are you going to kill them?!" Raven asked, reaching under Vampyre's arms and taking hold of the handlebars.
"No, but this will slow them down." He yelled, twisting and throwing the grenade. It hit right where he needed it too, in front of the car. It exploded, leaving a scorched area, in front of Cy's car, and a huge pothole. Cy and BB ran right into the pothole. Vamp's communicator clicked.
"Yeah?"
"YOU CHEATED!!! THAT WAS A DIRTY TRICK!!!" Cyborg yelled at Vampyre.
"I said anything goes. Get to the end and you win, period. Therefore, I didn't cheat. And it was you who fired the first shot, not me." He replied.
"I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAID, THAT WASN'T FAIR YOU CHEATING BASTARD!!!" Cyborg yelled again.
"That's right, I don't play fair. And you're in no position to argue what's fair and what's not. Next time, remember that before you accept anything goes." Vampyre shot back, cool as ever. He's right, when he says he doesn't play fair, Raven thought. I wonder why he did that though, I'm sure he could have easily outmaneuvered Cyborg. He didn't have to use that plasma grenade; it could've killed Cyborg and Beast Boy. And... is he really trying to kill us?!
"DUCK!" Vampyre yelled, interrupting Raven's thoughts.
"What?"
"Did I stutter? Duck!" Vampyre yelled, irritated. Raven did as she was told, although, she still didn't like being told what to do. He's going to run us right into the wall! Raven thought. And... whew! I'm glad I actually trusted him, She thought as they came around the curve. Otherwise, I'd be splattered on the wall back there. We're going 210! No wonder we got here so fast! Raven slid out of her thoughts as Vampyre pulled to a stop, a stop that took about 10 seconds, mind you.
"Well, that wasn't too hard." Vampyre said, getting off of his bike.
"That's an adventure I never want to experience again." Raven said, getting off and straitening her wind-blown hair. Vampyre did the same. Robin and Starfire pulled up. Starfire jumped out, pointed an accusing finger, and asked "Why did you throw that at friend Cyborg?"
"Star, it wasn't lethal, so there's no point in worrying. Besides, they're pulling up now." He said, pointing to the approaching T-car. Both Cyborg and Beast Boy jumped out, looking disheveled. They seemed too mad for words though, and just grabbed the sunscreen, sun tan lotion, and headed for the beach. Robin was the only one who didn't seem freaked out about that. Other than Raven of course, though she didn't expect Vampyre would do anything like that. Robin grabbed the towels and also headed towards the beach, with Starfire at his arm. That left only Vampyre and Raven. He looked at her, shrugged and pulled his cloak, and shirt off, making Raven blush. He threw them over his shoulder, and joined the others. When Raven didn't follow him, he looked back, confused. He walked back to her.
"What's the matter? Beast Boy hasn't laughed yet, and neither have I."
"I just don't like going to the beach. It's not number one on my list of favorite places." Raven stated, looking away.
"I know, but... you just need to relax, loosen up. You're the only person I know who would rather read than go to the beach." Vampyre said, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"Well, I just don't know, do I have to say why?" Raven said, removing Vampyre's hand from her shoulder.
"Well, it would be nice to know why." He said.
"I...really don't know. It's just harder to control my powers when I let loose." Raven answered, her cheeks going a pale red.
"I can understand that." Vampyre said "Wanna just go back to the Tower then?"
"Sure"
"Okay, just let me tell the others. Be right back." Vampyre ran off to the others. It would be nice to let go and just kick back and relax, Raven thought. Well, we can find something to do, but I just wish for once, I didn't have to worry about controlling my powers or emotions. Vampyre ran back up to where she stood.
"Hop on." He said, indicating his hover bike.
Titans Tower, afternoon.
Vampyre and Raven had just arrived. Raven was making herbal tea for herself and for Vampyre. She brought two cups over to the table. He took his without a "thanks". He seemed preoccupied, She thought. She never loosens up, never has time for fun. But I guess this is for the best, because, who knows what will happen if she does lose control? I still don't like to think about what happened the last time I lost control, Vampyre thought, staring Raven straight in her eyes. Raven finally broke the contact, but not after they shared the understanding of the others' pain.
"Raven..."
"Yeah?" Raven said, her heart beating faster.
"Raven, I'm just wondering now, why don't you ever let back, and just have fun? I'd be there for you, if you ever did lose control."
"Well, I guess I just don't think what you guys think is fun. I also need to have full control of my powers all of the time." Raven replied.
"Well, you wanna just read then? You like Poe right?"
"Yeah, and?"
"Well, you know what? Let's just go for a walk."
"Well, okay."
"Alright, just need to write the others a note..." Vampyre said, picking up a pad and scrawling a note
Streets of Jump City, afternoon
To avoid all of the stares and wanna-be fans, they dressed in normal clothes. Raven wore a black shirt that said: Linkin Park, Live in Texas and regular jeans. Vampyre's shirt said: I really hope those guys from the mental hospital don't show, with (of course, what else?) jeans. Whenever someone asked what was wrong with Vampyre's eyes, he just said they were contacts. Raven just said she dyed her hair, when asked about it.
"It feels so nice to be out of the Tower. To be away from all of the noise. Starfire being "friendly", Beast Boy and Cyborg arguing about what to eat or what to play. And Robin is always blasting his music." Raven said.
"Yeah, I kinda agree there. But, I blast music too, so does that annoy you?"
"No, because you're courteous enough to blast it in your room. Where it can be ignored much easier."
"Uh, okay. This might be the example of corruption we need to track him." Vampyre said, pointing to where a bank robbery was taking place. Of course, the police arrived and stopped it. They were going to throw the man in jail, so Raven and Vampyre decided to talk to him first.
"Excuse me, officer...uh" Raven said, straining to look at his tag. "Griswold, can we speak to him down at the police station?"
"And just who do you think you are little miss, Raven?" He said, cynically
"As a matter of fact, I am." She said, her flaring.
"Then prove it. Lift my gun into the air, over my head."
"Azrath. Metrion. Zinthos." Raven chanted, her hands becoming encased in black energy, and her eyes going white. She mentally lifted the gun over the cop's head.
"Okay, I'm convinced. And, you must be Vampyre right?" Vampyre shook his head yes. "Then you prove it also." And prove it, Vampyre did. He shadow cloned himself, so that there were 15 of him, surrounding the officer and Raven.
"Okay, let's get him down to the police station."
Jump City police station, twilight.
Vampyre was sitting across a table from the bank-robber. Raven was leaning against a wall, listening.
"So, what's your name?" Vampyre asked the 15-year old.
"Toby."
"Okay, so why'd you rob the bank?"
"I don't know."
"Was your family in trouble? Did any voices inside your head tell you to...?" Vampyre threw out the suggestions, in the hope that Toby would agree with the voices theory.
"Yeah, the voices told me to do it."
"How did the voice sound?"
"Evil. It said something about taking over the world." Toby hadn't looked up once. He still expected to be sent to jail, a place Toby never wanted to go.
"Alright, that's good. Now, just relax..." Vampyre said, reaching across the table, touching Toby's forehead. For just a second, he froze, then, looking very shaken, turned to Raven.
"I know where he's hiding." And turning to Toby, "You're not gonna go to jail. I'll inform them to release you immediately. Just do us all a favor and don't listen to the voices."
Titans Tower, night
Raven and Vampyre came in the Tower, just as everyone was about to set out to look for them. Beast Boy looked exasperated.
"WHERE WERE YOU?????!!!!!" Vampyre and Raven looked taken-aback.
"We were out." Raven said, after regaining her composure. "Do we have to say why?"
"Well, we thought you two got drunk or something." Beast Boy said.
"Well, we now know where Trigon is hiding. His corruption has started." Vampyre said.
*OK END CHAPTER!!!!!!!!! I JUST DON'T KNOW WUT TO SAY, CEPT I'M NOT SANE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Next chapter, they go to find Trigon, and someone dies, but I won't say who. Read it and find out! -Rave's not sane friend
Dis: I DON'T OWN THE TEEN TITANS!!!! Except for Vampyre and Razenur. Don't sue me.
Thx to: Raven and Chris, and anyone else who R&R's.
Titans Tower, main room, afternoon.
It was hot, and the Titans were BORED! But, each found a way to at least pass the time. Robin was hammering away at the punching bag. Starfire was trying to cook something from a cookbook she bought at the mall. Cyborg was lifting weights next to Robin. Raven was meditating. Beast Boy was just staring out the window. Vampyre had a whetstone and was sharpening his shurikens.
"Dude, is it me, or does it seem like there's nothing to do around here?" Beast Boy asked for the hundredth time.
"How many times are you going to say that? You are interrupting my concentration." Raven informed Beast Boy.
"But what about Cyborg? Or Robin? They're making more noise than I am! All that grunting and stuff."
"That may be so, but Beast Boy, you're in here" Vampyre spoke up, pointing down, "And they're in there" He said, pointing to the room.
"Well, there's nothing to do." He replied, with a pout.
"NOTHING TO DO?!" Vampyre exploded. "THERE'S TONS TO DO!!! GO SWIMMING, GO TO THE ARCADE, YOU JUST HAVE TO THINK!!!!!"
"Dude! You just gave me a great idea! Let's all go swimming at the beach!" Beast Boy yelled after thinking for a moment.
"I don't think so," Raven automatically replied.
"Aw, why not? I mean, it's like, fun there-"Beast Boy began.
"Yeah, Raven, come on, give it a shot. Heck, I'll go." Vampyre said.
"Well... okay, but just this once." Raven finally replied. "And you have to promise not to laugh."
"We promise," Beast Boy and Vampyre said in unison.
Titans Tower
Raven came down, wearing her usual cape, but with a two-piece on under it. When she did come in, Beast Boy and Vampyre seemed at a loss for words, having promised not to laugh.
"Interesting. That's all I'm going to say, interesting." Vampyre said after a long, painful moment of silence.
"Yeah, what he said," Beast Boy quickly followed.
"Okay, I know we're going to the beach, but instead of using our powers, why don't we take Cyborg's car and the Bat mobile?" Robin asked.
"I've got an idea. We could race Cyborg's car against the Bat mobile against my hover bike, Apocalypse." Vampyre said.
"Sounds good, everyone else agree?" There was a general murmur of agreement among the Titans.
"Alright then, me and Raven, BB and CY, Robin and Star." Vampyre said.
"Let's go."
Beginning of the race, somewhere.
(A/n, this is done almost entirely from Raven's point of view.)
The Titans stood, with the 3 racers, at the beginning of a treacherous track. Treacherous, because it was filled with so many curves.
"Here's the deal. Anything goes. But, watch out, I've got land mines all around, and while they won't kill you, they will get you out of the race for a few seconds." Vampyre said.
"When you say anything goes, do you mean we can shoot at each other?" Cyborg asked, trying to sound nonchalant.
"Anything goes, means whoever gets there first, wins, period. Let's go." Vampyre said, as he mounted Apocalypse. Raven followed, gripping Vampyre's chest. After a few tense seconds, the communicators clicked, signaling the start.
When Vampyre hit the accelerator, Raven wished she had gripped him tighter. The sheer force as they went from 5-90 mph in just 5 seconds almost threw her off the bike, but she managed to hold on.
"Are you trying to kill us?" She yelled at him.
"No. If I was, we'd already be dead." He replied. Something whizzed past Raven's ear. Actually a number of things, energy bolts. Raven screamed.
"Hang tight. I'll get him off of our tail. Just reach into the box-like opening. Pick out the plasma grenade and hand it here." Vampyre commanded. Raven usually did not take orders, but being Vampyre knew what he was doing, she complied.
"Take the handlebars for a sec."
"What?!"
"I said take the handlebars, I need to throw this at them."
"Are you going to kill them?!" Raven asked, reaching under Vampyre's arms and taking hold of the handlebars.
"No, but this will slow them down." He yelled, twisting and throwing the grenade. It hit right where he needed it too, in front of the car. It exploded, leaving a scorched area, in front of Cy's car, and a huge pothole. Cy and BB ran right into the pothole. Vamp's communicator clicked.
"Yeah?"
"YOU CHEATED!!! THAT WAS A DIRTY TRICK!!!" Cyborg yelled at Vampyre.
"I said anything goes. Get to the end and you win, period. Therefore, I didn't cheat. And it was you who fired the first shot, not me." He replied.
"I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAID, THAT WASN'T FAIR YOU CHEATING BASTARD!!!" Cyborg yelled again.
"That's right, I don't play fair. And you're in no position to argue what's fair and what's not. Next time, remember that before you accept anything goes." Vampyre shot back, cool as ever. He's right, when he says he doesn't play fair, Raven thought. I wonder why he did that though, I'm sure he could have easily outmaneuvered Cyborg. He didn't have to use that plasma grenade; it could've killed Cyborg and Beast Boy. And... is he really trying to kill us?!
"DUCK!" Vampyre yelled, interrupting Raven's thoughts.
"What?"
"Did I stutter? Duck!" Vampyre yelled, irritated. Raven did as she was told, although, she still didn't like being told what to do. He's going to run us right into the wall! Raven thought. And... whew! I'm glad I actually trusted him, She thought as they came around the curve. Otherwise, I'd be splattered on the wall back there. We're going 210! No wonder we got here so fast! Raven slid out of her thoughts as Vampyre pulled to a stop, a stop that took about 10 seconds, mind you.
"Well, that wasn't too hard." Vampyre said, getting off of his bike.
"That's an adventure I never want to experience again." Raven said, getting off and straitening her wind-blown hair. Vampyre did the same. Robin and Starfire pulled up. Starfire jumped out, pointed an accusing finger, and asked "Why did you throw that at friend Cyborg?"
"Star, it wasn't lethal, so there's no point in worrying. Besides, they're pulling up now." He said, pointing to the approaching T-car. Both Cyborg and Beast Boy jumped out, looking disheveled. They seemed too mad for words though, and just grabbed the sunscreen, sun tan lotion, and headed for the beach. Robin was the only one who didn't seem freaked out about that. Other than Raven of course, though she didn't expect Vampyre would do anything like that. Robin grabbed the towels and also headed towards the beach, with Starfire at his arm. That left only Vampyre and Raven. He looked at her, shrugged and pulled his cloak, and shirt off, making Raven blush. He threw them over his shoulder, and joined the others. When Raven didn't follow him, he looked back, confused. He walked back to her.
"What's the matter? Beast Boy hasn't laughed yet, and neither have I."
"I just don't like going to the beach. It's not number one on my list of favorite places." Raven stated, looking away.
"I know, but... you just need to relax, loosen up. You're the only person I know who would rather read than go to the beach." Vampyre said, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"Well, I just don't know, do I have to say why?" Raven said, removing Vampyre's hand from her shoulder.
"Well, it would be nice to know why." He said.
"I...really don't know. It's just harder to control my powers when I let loose." Raven answered, her cheeks going a pale red.
"I can understand that." Vampyre said "Wanna just go back to the Tower then?"
"Sure"
"Okay, just let me tell the others. Be right back." Vampyre ran off to the others. It would be nice to let go and just kick back and relax, Raven thought. Well, we can find something to do, but I just wish for once, I didn't have to worry about controlling my powers or emotions. Vampyre ran back up to where she stood.
"Hop on." He said, indicating his hover bike.
Titans Tower, afternoon.
Vampyre and Raven had just arrived. Raven was making herbal tea for herself and for Vampyre. She brought two cups over to the table. He took his without a "thanks". He seemed preoccupied, She thought. She never loosens up, never has time for fun. But I guess this is for the best, because, who knows what will happen if she does lose control? I still don't like to think about what happened the last time I lost control, Vampyre thought, staring Raven straight in her eyes. Raven finally broke the contact, but not after they shared the understanding of the others' pain.
"Raven..."
"Yeah?" Raven said, her heart beating faster.
"Raven, I'm just wondering now, why don't you ever let back, and just have fun? I'd be there for you, if you ever did lose control."
"Well, I guess I just don't think what you guys think is fun. I also need to have full control of my powers all of the time." Raven replied.
"Well, you wanna just read then? You like Poe right?"
"Yeah, and?"
"Well, you know what? Let's just go for a walk."
"Well, okay."
"Alright, just need to write the others a note..." Vampyre said, picking up a pad and scrawling a note
Streets of Jump City, afternoon
To avoid all of the stares and wanna-be fans, they dressed in normal clothes. Raven wore a black shirt that said: Linkin Park, Live in Texas and regular jeans. Vampyre's shirt said: I really hope those guys from the mental hospital don't show, with (of course, what else?) jeans. Whenever someone asked what was wrong with Vampyre's eyes, he just said they were contacts. Raven just said she dyed her hair, when asked about it.
"It feels so nice to be out of the Tower. To be away from all of the noise. Starfire being "friendly", Beast Boy and Cyborg arguing about what to eat or what to play. And Robin is always blasting his music." Raven said.
"Yeah, I kinda agree there. But, I blast music too, so does that annoy you?"
"No, because you're courteous enough to blast it in your room. Where it can be ignored much easier."
"Uh, okay. This might be the example of corruption we need to track him." Vampyre said, pointing to where a bank robbery was taking place. Of course, the police arrived and stopped it. They were going to throw the man in jail, so Raven and Vampyre decided to talk to him first.
"Excuse me, officer...uh" Raven said, straining to look at his tag. "Griswold, can we speak to him down at the police station?"
"And just who do you think you are little miss, Raven?" He said, cynically
"As a matter of fact, I am." She said, her flaring.
"Then prove it. Lift my gun into the air, over my head."
"Azrath. Metrion. Zinthos." Raven chanted, her hands becoming encased in black energy, and her eyes going white. She mentally lifted the gun over the cop's head.
"Okay, I'm convinced. And, you must be Vampyre right?" Vampyre shook his head yes. "Then you prove it also." And prove it, Vampyre did. He shadow cloned himself, so that there were 15 of him, surrounding the officer and Raven.
"Okay, let's get him down to the police station."
Jump City police station, twilight.
Vampyre was sitting across a table from the bank-robber. Raven was leaning against a wall, listening.
"So, what's your name?" Vampyre asked the 15-year old.
"Toby."
"Okay, so why'd you rob the bank?"
"I don't know."
"Was your family in trouble? Did any voices inside your head tell you to...?" Vampyre threw out the suggestions, in the hope that Toby would agree with the voices theory.
"Yeah, the voices told me to do it."
"How did the voice sound?"
"Evil. It said something about taking over the world." Toby hadn't looked up once. He still expected to be sent to jail, a place Toby never wanted to go.
"Alright, that's good. Now, just relax..." Vampyre said, reaching across the table, touching Toby's forehead. For just a second, he froze, then, looking very shaken, turned to Raven.
"I know where he's hiding." And turning to Toby, "You're not gonna go to jail. I'll inform them to release you immediately. Just do us all a favor and don't listen to the voices."
Titans Tower, night
Raven and Vampyre came in the Tower, just as everyone was about to set out to look for them. Beast Boy looked exasperated.
"WHERE WERE YOU?????!!!!!" Vampyre and Raven looked taken-aback.
"We were out." Raven said, after regaining her composure. "Do we have to say why?"
"Well, we thought you two got drunk or something." Beast Boy said.
"Well, we now know where Trigon is hiding. His corruption has started." Vampyre said.
*OK END CHAPTER!!!!!!!!! I JUST DON'T KNOW WUT TO SAY, CEPT I'M NOT SANE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Next chapter, they go to find Trigon, and someone dies, but I won't say who. Read it and find out! -Rave's not sane friend