Raventhedarkgoddess: Chapter four.
Terra: Why do you bother?
Raventhedarkgoddess: No one cares what you think.
Terra: How do you know?
Raventhedarkgoddess: I won't even answer her. Please read and review. ^_^ I get over writer's block fairly quickly.
Terra: Oh, great.
Raventhedarkgoddess: Also, note to Libby: Read chapter seven of Sugar. You'll like it. (You're in it, as Robin's 'friend')
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Chapter Four: Misguided
Slade litterly stormed over to where Lecita sat. "You," he muttered, "Can't you do anything right?" His eyes locked with hers, and he saw that, even though she still feared him, she would make a stand all the same.
"Your instuctions," Lecita said evenly, to keep her voice from breaking, "Were te capture the girl in posestion of the pendent. I have done that. You will pay me, understood?" Lecita quickly bit her tounge. Your sister, she thought bitterly, is counting on that money. Don't make a scene, just get out of here.
"Let me see the captured girl," Slade demanded, his tone heavy and flat, so that he conceled his strong desire to punch something. Patience, Slade's father had said to Slade countless times. Now it was a word Slade used himself.
Meanwhile, the five teenage heros wandered around on the rooftop aimlessly. They couldn't find the least bit of a trace of either girl, or a clue to their wearabouts. "Come on, Robin. Give it up, at least till tonight." Terra was being her usual self, trying to get Robin to quit early.
Shoulders hunched as if he was about to be struck, Robin muttered, "Fine. Home. We can't wander around all day. We need to be ready to leave be eight tonight. Let's go, team." All the others stared, but Terra just yawned and shrugged.
"Robin, were you harmed during the battle?" Starfire sat next to him, looking concerened. Robin didn't give up this easily normally. What was bothering him? In hopes of making him feel better, Starfire gave him a little hug.
"No, I'm fine." Robin was having a feeling he couldn't explain again. He was being held by Starfire, but all he could think about was Raven. Somewhere, possibly hurt, locked up and in the line of Slade's fury..."Um, Star, let's just go home."
"Dude, are you feeling okay?" Beast Boy stared at him with the same form of worry as everyone else. "I mean, that's twice in a row you want us to quit early!"
"I'm FINE!" Robin relised how sharp he sounded, but he really didn't care. "Can we just go?"
Fine by me, Terra thought. When I agreed to do this for Slade, Terra thought, I didn't relise he was asking me to give up my sleep. "Great," She said cheerfully. No one else really made any comment, just climbed into the car again, the same heavy misery hanging over the group as they made their sluggish way home.
Slade wanted to slam the door down, but unlocked it with shaking fingers. Lecita followed in his furious wake, looking terrified. If Slade decided not to pay her, then her sister and life was history. "YOU!" Slade roared loudly at Raven.
Raven had been sitting on the corner of the bed, looking around the room. She was lost in confused thought, and jumped as Slade opened the door and began yelling. "Me what?"
Calm down, Slade thought, don't kill her. He could tell Raven to join him or die, but not only would she pick death, but that would hurt Robin less. She's strong, he thought, but a pcyshic was what killed my mother. A male, but still a pcyshic, and Slade couldn't bring himself to work alongside the vile kind, not ever. "How in God's name did YOU get that pendent?" Slade narrowed both eyes in a glare, wishing he could kill both girls and end his headache,
"Star...She promised me we'd be friends and gave me this." Raven stared him in the eyes. She sensed an underlying tension between Lecita and Slade, demrmination from Lectia and fury from Slade.
"Friends...What makes you think you have FRIENDS?" Slade sneered. If he could play up on the fear he knew she had of losing her friends, she would lay down and die, and he could use the sound of her tears on Robin to make him give up. People, he thought with a grin, are so easy to manipulate.
"Friends...That word must not be in your vocabualry. Friends are people who will stand for me, the Titans are my friends! Slade, they love me. They acually care about me! You don't have a heart, so you could never understand!" Raven stood up, yelling in Slade's face.
"Nothing, Raven. They care about nothing, you least of all! They'll leave you here to rot and die!" With that, he spun around to face a white-faced, silent Lecita. "Untie the hands of the girl, take your goddamn money, and get the hell out of my sight!"
Lecita moved over and undid the rope around Raven's wrists. Raven was not done, though. "THEY CARE!" Raven could feel her temper slipping out of control.
"They don't care," Slade muttered. "They never will, understood?" Raven lost control then and there. She let out a shriek and releesed a powerful blast that knocked Slade onto his back. "Stupid girl," he snapped. Standing up, he stormed from the room. Lecita picked up her money and ran out of the door. She threw her hand up just as the door almost slamed her in the side of her head. I'll show Slade, Lecita promised herself.
Raven flung herself down onto the small hard bed. Misery welled up inside her, and she felt her eyes tear over. She thought of her friends faces. Beast Boy, falling on the floor earlier, filled her mind, complete with the nervous little laugh he had given. Cyborg, when she'd last talked to him, helping him buff the T car in the garage...What had they been talking about? Oh, ya, what an idiot Terra was. Starfire, and the pendent passing that had occured on the roof...And Robin, and how concerned he'd been...His face burned clearly in her head. Was it possible that they would just leave her to rot? Could they not care that much? And Robin...What if she never say him again?
With that thought, Raven did one thing she hadn't done in years: Broke down and began to sob, her head in her arms. "My friends...", She muttered out loud. Slade's words echoed through her head: They don't care, they never will. Raven could feel things flying past her head, but who was here to see her, and who cared anyway? Raven hadn't cried this much in years, but as she sobbed now, Raven felt that she might never quit. She had been mislead, and it cut deep.
Outside her door, Slade laughed and switched off his tape recorder. He held out the tape and slid it into a computerized message to send to Robin. I'll get him, Slade thought. And, with a little laugh, Slade headed down the hall.
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Raventhedarkgoddess: Hey, no one ever said this was going to be my happiest fic.
Terra: No shit.
Raventhedarkgoddess: Shut up, Terra. No one cares. Okay, review, and I'll try to get this story out of it's unhappy state soon.
Terra: Why do you bother?
Raventhedarkgoddess: No one cares what you think.
Terra: How do you know?
Raventhedarkgoddess: I won't even answer her. Please read and review. ^_^ I get over writer's block fairly quickly.
Terra: Oh, great.
Raventhedarkgoddess: Also, note to Libby: Read chapter seven of Sugar. You'll like it. (You're in it, as Robin's 'friend')
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Chapter Four: Misguided
Slade litterly stormed over to where Lecita sat. "You," he muttered, "Can't you do anything right?" His eyes locked with hers, and he saw that, even though she still feared him, she would make a stand all the same.
"Your instuctions," Lecita said evenly, to keep her voice from breaking, "Were te capture the girl in posestion of the pendent. I have done that. You will pay me, understood?" Lecita quickly bit her tounge. Your sister, she thought bitterly, is counting on that money. Don't make a scene, just get out of here.
"Let me see the captured girl," Slade demanded, his tone heavy and flat, so that he conceled his strong desire to punch something. Patience, Slade's father had said to Slade countless times. Now it was a word Slade used himself.
Meanwhile, the five teenage heros wandered around on the rooftop aimlessly. They couldn't find the least bit of a trace of either girl, or a clue to their wearabouts. "Come on, Robin. Give it up, at least till tonight." Terra was being her usual self, trying to get Robin to quit early.
Shoulders hunched as if he was about to be struck, Robin muttered, "Fine. Home. We can't wander around all day. We need to be ready to leave be eight tonight. Let's go, team." All the others stared, but Terra just yawned and shrugged.
"Robin, were you harmed during the battle?" Starfire sat next to him, looking concerened. Robin didn't give up this easily normally. What was bothering him? In hopes of making him feel better, Starfire gave him a little hug.
"No, I'm fine." Robin was having a feeling he couldn't explain again. He was being held by Starfire, but all he could think about was Raven. Somewhere, possibly hurt, locked up and in the line of Slade's fury..."Um, Star, let's just go home."
"Dude, are you feeling okay?" Beast Boy stared at him with the same form of worry as everyone else. "I mean, that's twice in a row you want us to quit early!"
"I'm FINE!" Robin relised how sharp he sounded, but he really didn't care. "Can we just go?"
Fine by me, Terra thought. When I agreed to do this for Slade, Terra thought, I didn't relise he was asking me to give up my sleep. "Great," She said cheerfully. No one else really made any comment, just climbed into the car again, the same heavy misery hanging over the group as they made their sluggish way home.
Slade wanted to slam the door down, but unlocked it with shaking fingers. Lecita followed in his furious wake, looking terrified. If Slade decided not to pay her, then her sister and life was history. "YOU!" Slade roared loudly at Raven.
Raven had been sitting on the corner of the bed, looking around the room. She was lost in confused thought, and jumped as Slade opened the door and began yelling. "Me what?"
Calm down, Slade thought, don't kill her. He could tell Raven to join him or die, but not only would she pick death, but that would hurt Robin less. She's strong, he thought, but a pcyshic was what killed my mother. A male, but still a pcyshic, and Slade couldn't bring himself to work alongside the vile kind, not ever. "How in God's name did YOU get that pendent?" Slade narrowed both eyes in a glare, wishing he could kill both girls and end his headache,
"Star...She promised me we'd be friends and gave me this." Raven stared him in the eyes. She sensed an underlying tension between Lecita and Slade, demrmination from Lectia and fury from Slade.
"Friends...What makes you think you have FRIENDS?" Slade sneered. If he could play up on the fear he knew she had of losing her friends, she would lay down and die, and he could use the sound of her tears on Robin to make him give up. People, he thought with a grin, are so easy to manipulate.
"Friends...That word must not be in your vocabualry. Friends are people who will stand for me, the Titans are my friends! Slade, they love me. They acually care about me! You don't have a heart, so you could never understand!" Raven stood up, yelling in Slade's face.
"Nothing, Raven. They care about nothing, you least of all! They'll leave you here to rot and die!" With that, he spun around to face a white-faced, silent Lecita. "Untie the hands of the girl, take your goddamn money, and get the hell out of my sight!"
Lecita moved over and undid the rope around Raven's wrists. Raven was not done, though. "THEY CARE!" Raven could feel her temper slipping out of control.
"They don't care," Slade muttered. "They never will, understood?" Raven lost control then and there. She let out a shriek and releesed a powerful blast that knocked Slade onto his back. "Stupid girl," he snapped. Standing up, he stormed from the room. Lecita picked up her money and ran out of the door. She threw her hand up just as the door almost slamed her in the side of her head. I'll show Slade, Lecita promised herself.
Raven flung herself down onto the small hard bed. Misery welled up inside her, and she felt her eyes tear over. She thought of her friends faces. Beast Boy, falling on the floor earlier, filled her mind, complete with the nervous little laugh he had given. Cyborg, when she'd last talked to him, helping him buff the T car in the garage...What had they been talking about? Oh, ya, what an idiot Terra was. Starfire, and the pendent passing that had occured on the roof...And Robin, and how concerned he'd been...His face burned clearly in her head. Was it possible that they would just leave her to rot? Could they not care that much? And Robin...What if she never say him again?
With that thought, Raven did one thing she hadn't done in years: Broke down and began to sob, her head in her arms. "My friends...", She muttered out loud. Slade's words echoed through her head: They don't care, they never will. Raven could feel things flying past her head, but who was here to see her, and who cared anyway? Raven hadn't cried this much in years, but as she sobbed now, Raven felt that she might never quit. She had been mislead, and it cut deep.
Outside her door, Slade laughed and switched off his tape recorder. He held out the tape and slid it into a computerized message to send to Robin. I'll get him, Slade thought. And, with a little laugh, Slade headed down the hall.
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Raventhedarkgoddess: Hey, no one ever said this was going to be my happiest fic.
Terra: No shit.
Raventhedarkgoddess: Shut up, Terra. No one cares. Okay, review, and I'll try to get this story out of it's unhappy state soon.