Raventhedarkgoddess: I decided to put up chapter three.
Terra: You update too fast.
Raventhedarkgoddess: No one wants to listen to betraying little twerps, Terra.
Terra: Why you...!
Raventhedarkgoddess: While I sort this out, here's chapter three.
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Chapter Three: Feelings
Raven, hands now bound, was being shoved in front of Lecita. Lecita gripped her arm much harder than she might have any other time. After all, she thought, if she gets away, I won't get the money, and Anna will...Calling herself from her thoughts, Lecita wrenched open a door and pushed Raven inside.
Raven fell to her knees and heard the door slam. Raven got up slowly, fighting not to topple over due to the fact that she could no longer use her hands. Raven tried to undo the knot with her mind, only to find that she couldn't. Cursing Lecita and whoever had employed her, Raven stood in front of the door, trying in vain to hear any clue as to where she was.
Well out of Raven's range of hearing, Slade was performing a nervous pace. Lecita should be back by now, he thought. Would Starfire really have given her that much trouble? Slade began to curse his rotton luck, but the door behind him burst open.
"Sorry, Slade!" Lecita stood there, panting. Brushing her hair off her forehead, she straightened up and tried to look busnuess-like. After all, if she was going to get paided, she had to pretend she wasn't petrified of how poor a job she'd done.
"I'm assuming it all went like I planned," Slade said calmly. The girl's wide eyes and terrified manner led him to belive that something was wrong, but waited for her to explain.
"Girl...In the room...About my payment...", Lecita gasped out. Slade dismissed her babble with a wave of his hand.
"You have her? Good, then I'll be calling Titan Tower right now." As Slade hooked up the video-phone, Lecita watched him, shocked. He hadn't even demanded to see her. Was he just going to pay her? But what if...
Miles away at Titan Tower, Robin lay in bed. He was not sleeping, though. Raven...Her face, her voice, every word she'd said to him lately...They all floated into his head. That fatal nod...The way she quit struggling agenst Lecita...What had been the whispered word to make her quit?
"ROBIN!" A very irritated Beast Boy was ready to kick the door in. "CALL FROM SLADE ON THE VIDEO PHONE! ARE YOU COMING?" The changling crossed both arms and sighed loudly. Robin, fully dressed and angry, unlocked the door and ran downstairs.
Terra stood there at the foot of the steps, complaining loudly. "Robin, can the goddamn villans not call us so early? And Slade, too. Why?" Her hair was mangled and her eyes tired, but she looked out of place among the rest of the team. Everyone else looked so worried and worn, but Terra looked irritated and shrew.
"Terra, could you at least ACT like you care about Raven?" Cyborg moved forward, looking very angry.
"I do! I'm just trying to give us something else to think about, and everyone BITES my head off!" Terra flipped her hair back and sat, turning her back to Cyborg, who muttered a string of curses under his breath.
"Robin." Slade had been using his adavantage of being there to find out what was eating the Titans apart. Between Terra and Raven's disaperence, they were destorying themselves. "Miss your girlfriend?"
Starfire stepped forward. "I am right here! Whatever do you mean?" Her eyes lit in green fury.
Slade swore under his breath. "Stupid girl. So, I must have Raven, correct? Then I have nothing to barter. I shall dispose of her and..."
"NO!" Robin jumped forward. "What do you mean, dispose? Don't you dare touch her! I'll come after you! Name your price!" Robin's shoulders heaved and his voice subsided.
"Titans are loyal, I assume. Then, my price is for you to quit and join me, and never speak to the other Titans as long as you are alive and in my service." Slade gave Robin a cold look, thinking about what he was going to say to Lecita in a minute.
"Robin, are you going to give up?" Beast Boy looked at him inquisivly.
"Now, Robin, no need to decide right now," Slade said with a smirk. "You have fourty-eight hours until I harm the girl. Good night, Titans." Slade's face disapered.
"That jackass!" Robin's face was taunt and angry, full of a hate even he didn't understand.
"So, what can we do, ya'll?" Cyborg seached every face for answers, but only Terra didn't look confused or really upset.
"Bust our asses looking! If we can find and help her, then Raven will be safe!" Since when is Raven the only thing on your mind?, the sly voice in his head asked him. I'll just concerned, he snapped back.
"...four am," Terra whined. "Right, Robin?"
"Huh?" Robin blinked stupidly. "What, Terra?" Wrapped up in his own thoughts, Robin hadn't heard a word Terra said.
"I said, we'll search later. I mean, come on, it's four am." She gave Cyborg a look, indicating she'd been arguing with him.
Hours are ticking away, Robin thought. And Raven, in danger of Slade's wrath..."Is everyone feeling well enough that they could go out again?", He asked. When met with nods from everyone but Terra, he said,"Then let's go out and find Raven."
"Let us not have a grand dispute with Slade. Let us go in and out, without argument," Starfire said evenly. Robin sighed mentaly. He wanted to hurt Slade, he relised. He wanted to hurt him badly.
"Let's just go already," Terra groaned. So, without speaking, the five Titans went out to the car, Robin still thinking. If I love Starfire, he thought, and Raven is just a teammate, then why do I have these feelings? And, he thought, why do they run...Is it possible they run deeper than those for Star? Shaking his head, Robin climbed in and the car sped off into the rising sun.
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Raventhedarkgoddess: Okay, please reveiw. I'm having some mild writers block right now. I'll try to update soon.
Terra: You update too fast.
Raventhedarkgoddess: No one wants to listen to betraying little twerps, Terra.
Terra: Why you...!
Raventhedarkgoddess: While I sort this out, here's chapter three.
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Chapter Three: Feelings
Raven, hands now bound, was being shoved in front of Lecita. Lecita gripped her arm much harder than she might have any other time. After all, she thought, if she gets away, I won't get the money, and Anna will...Calling herself from her thoughts, Lecita wrenched open a door and pushed Raven inside.
Raven fell to her knees and heard the door slam. Raven got up slowly, fighting not to topple over due to the fact that she could no longer use her hands. Raven tried to undo the knot with her mind, only to find that she couldn't. Cursing Lecita and whoever had employed her, Raven stood in front of the door, trying in vain to hear any clue as to where she was.
Well out of Raven's range of hearing, Slade was performing a nervous pace. Lecita should be back by now, he thought. Would Starfire really have given her that much trouble? Slade began to curse his rotton luck, but the door behind him burst open.
"Sorry, Slade!" Lecita stood there, panting. Brushing her hair off her forehead, she straightened up and tried to look busnuess-like. After all, if she was going to get paided, she had to pretend she wasn't petrified of how poor a job she'd done.
"I'm assuming it all went like I planned," Slade said calmly. The girl's wide eyes and terrified manner led him to belive that something was wrong, but waited for her to explain.
"Girl...In the room...About my payment...", Lecita gasped out. Slade dismissed her babble with a wave of his hand.
"You have her? Good, then I'll be calling Titan Tower right now." As Slade hooked up the video-phone, Lecita watched him, shocked. He hadn't even demanded to see her. Was he just going to pay her? But what if...
Miles away at Titan Tower, Robin lay in bed. He was not sleeping, though. Raven...Her face, her voice, every word she'd said to him lately...They all floated into his head. That fatal nod...The way she quit struggling agenst Lecita...What had been the whispered word to make her quit?
"ROBIN!" A very irritated Beast Boy was ready to kick the door in. "CALL FROM SLADE ON THE VIDEO PHONE! ARE YOU COMING?" The changling crossed both arms and sighed loudly. Robin, fully dressed and angry, unlocked the door and ran downstairs.
Terra stood there at the foot of the steps, complaining loudly. "Robin, can the goddamn villans not call us so early? And Slade, too. Why?" Her hair was mangled and her eyes tired, but she looked out of place among the rest of the team. Everyone else looked so worried and worn, but Terra looked irritated and shrew.
"Terra, could you at least ACT like you care about Raven?" Cyborg moved forward, looking very angry.
"I do! I'm just trying to give us something else to think about, and everyone BITES my head off!" Terra flipped her hair back and sat, turning her back to Cyborg, who muttered a string of curses under his breath.
"Robin." Slade had been using his adavantage of being there to find out what was eating the Titans apart. Between Terra and Raven's disaperence, they were destorying themselves. "Miss your girlfriend?"
Starfire stepped forward. "I am right here! Whatever do you mean?" Her eyes lit in green fury.
Slade swore under his breath. "Stupid girl. So, I must have Raven, correct? Then I have nothing to barter. I shall dispose of her and..."
"NO!" Robin jumped forward. "What do you mean, dispose? Don't you dare touch her! I'll come after you! Name your price!" Robin's shoulders heaved and his voice subsided.
"Titans are loyal, I assume. Then, my price is for you to quit and join me, and never speak to the other Titans as long as you are alive and in my service." Slade gave Robin a cold look, thinking about what he was going to say to Lecita in a minute.
"Robin, are you going to give up?" Beast Boy looked at him inquisivly.
"Now, Robin, no need to decide right now," Slade said with a smirk. "You have fourty-eight hours until I harm the girl. Good night, Titans." Slade's face disapered.
"That jackass!" Robin's face was taunt and angry, full of a hate even he didn't understand.
"So, what can we do, ya'll?" Cyborg seached every face for answers, but only Terra didn't look confused or really upset.
"Bust our asses looking! If we can find and help her, then Raven will be safe!" Since when is Raven the only thing on your mind?, the sly voice in his head asked him. I'll just concerned, he snapped back.
"...four am," Terra whined. "Right, Robin?"
"Huh?" Robin blinked stupidly. "What, Terra?" Wrapped up in his own thoughts, Robin hadn't heard a word Terra said.
"I said, we'll search later. I mean, come on, it's four am." She gave Cyborg a look, indicating she'd been arguing with him.
Hours are ticking away, Robin thought. And Raven, in danger of Slade's wrath..."Is everyone feeling well enough that they could go out again?", He asked. When met with nods from everyone but Terra, he said,"Then let's go out and find Raven."
"Let us not have a grand dispute with Slade. Let us go in and out, without argument," Starfire said evenly. Robin sighed mentaly. He wanted to hurt Slade, he relised. He wanted to hurt him badly.
"Let's just go already," Terra groaned. So, without speaking, the five Titans went out to the car, Robin still thinking. If I love Starfire, he thought, and Raven is just a teammate, then why do I have these feelings? And, he thought, why do they run...Is it possible they run deeper than those for Star? Shaking his head, Robin climbed in and the car sped off into the rising sun.
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Raventhedarkgoddess: Okay, please reveiw. I'm having some mild writers block right now. I'll try to update soon.