Raventhedarkgoddess: I think I'll work on chapter six.
Terra: You are just kidding, right?
Raventhedarkgoddess: Um...no?
Terra: You are one weird person.
Raventhedarkgoddess: Thanks for noticing. Read and review. I also want to say I'm sorry that this story is laced with typing errors, but there's nothing I can do about it.
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Chapter Six: One Simple Action
Robin sat in the living room, eyes lifeless. Behind this quiet manor, however, he seeped with fury. This fury was aimed at Slade, at himself, and at the world in general. Terra and Beast Boy were engadged in a video game match, and he felt a little fustrated with the whole team. They had inisted that he relax, after hearing what had happened from Star.
Robin was restless. He didn't want to relax, but the others wouldn't come with him until it was dark outside. Eight o' clock, he thought bitterly. That's an hour away. And one less hour could be the difference between her life and my freedom. Robin traced this back to it's source and even resented Starfire. First off, it was her they were after. And then she'd handed Raven that necklace and gotton her kidnapped...Raven might even be here right now if she hadn't followed him. Robin's head slipped sidways and he fell asleep.
Lecita saw the building up ahead. Why, nagged a little voice in her head, are you doing this again? Because, she snapped in the same tone of voice, I caused them problems in my haste to fix my own. They're friend is suffering, the wrong friend, even. I want to help. Just because I worked for Slade didn't mean I liked him. And, added the voice, you need help finding your sister.
Fine, maybe I do. Lecita knocked on the door, hard. Maybe they're asleep, she thought quietly. Just then, the door swung open and Starfire poked her head out the door. "It is you!" Starfire looked at Lecita as if she was repused. "What harm are you wishing to bring to us this time?"
Robin jerked upright. Starfire was yelling again. Getting up, mind unclear from sleep, Robin flattened his hair and staggered to the door. He was shocked to see the black wearing, pale-faced teen, hood down, standing in the doorway. "YOU," he spat at her. "What do you want?"
Lecita knew they were going to be like this. After all, they regared her as evil now. She was trash, garbage in their lives. "I want to help you find your friend." Robin's eyebrows went up criticly, and Starfire seemed to hesitate. The others came over and joined the staring crowd.
"Give me your knives," Robin muttered in a supicious voice. Lecita fished one from her pocket and handed it to them. The other had been lost eariler as she flee the rooftop. "Happy now?"
"Come in," Cyborg muttered. Lecita sat down on the very edge of their couch. She glanced around nervously. The Titans, for the fight they put up, had a nice house.
"I guess I'll just start at the begening. I'm not looking for you guys to pity me, but I want to you to understand how I know what I know." And with that, she lanched into the tale of her life. She'd been born in the small town of Juhabia, a little town outside of a city in West Virgina. Daugther of a hunter, she'd become an expert archer and knife thrower. Her mother died giving birth to her younger sister, Anna. When she was fourteen and Anna was twelve, her father had tried to drive home drunk and landed in a ditch, dead by the morning.
And so life had changed forever. Now orphans with no family, the two girls had been sent to a foster home. Anna and Lecita had been rebals, and so they were split up. At age sixteen, Lecita had run away and began looking for her sister. She met Slade in an ally one night and he had offered her money. The amont was enough to find and care for her sister forever. She had agreed, and here she was now, telling them the tale of her life. "That's it," she conculded lamly.
"I am sorry to hear about your life," Starfire said softly. The fact that she was ready to kill for money was a little creapy, but it made sense. The fact that she had been ready to kidnap Starfire really creeped her out, but she said nothing else about it.
"So, are you guys going to come with me to see Raven? He told me about his backup plan, his lair." Lecita fixed them all with a stare. Come on, she pleaded silently. She wouldn't be able to live with herself if she didn't help them out of this mess.
"Fine." Robin said the one word without hesitation, causing everyone else to look at him as if he were insane. Robin, the team's cautious leader, had suddenly turned his own world upsidedown in order to find Raven. "Dude, are you SURE you're okay?" Beast Boy asked.
"Then follow me," Lecita said gently. She didn't know why, but she kind of liked this group. Sure, they were weird and they had hurt her, but they had commpation for their friend. And she felt ready to help them, no matter what.
"Robin's gone just a little crazy, huh?" Cyborg said to Beast Boy. Beast Boy nodded in agreement. "I mean, come on! He let's us take the night off, then he has us follow our enemy!" Beast Boy nodded again.
"God, she isn't that important. You all go on and on...Raven this, Raven that. What if she's hurt? What if...? You worry too much! All of you! We're fine without her! Look, just look! You are fine!" Terra yelled at them loudly. Slade was right when he said their friendship was going to be their downfall.
"She's more than that! Raven is one of the most sensitive, loyal people I have ever met! Whatever your deal is, I don't like it! Just shut your face!" Beast Boy threatend Terra.
"Come on! Raven is just another team member! We can be the Titans without her!" Terra shouted back.
"No we cannot. You, Terra, understand nothing. I do not know who's side you are on, but it is not ours!" Starfire glared at her.
"Now that you've wrecked our lives, get lost!" Cyborg pointed the blaster ray at her face. "Just go away!" Terra stepped back.
"Fine, I will! You'll see me again soon, and you'll know I'm right!" Terra threw her hair back, spun around, and walked away from the team, headed home to Slade.
Lecita stared at what had just happened. "She's really mean about your friend. One of the things I did to make my life easy was tell her that...and I feel really bad about this...Was that you guys would die if she hurt me. She just stopped trying to hurt me, didn't even try to struggle. She really cares about you guys. That Terra girl didn't know her that well."
"You're right. She didn't." Robin stared after Terra in fury. He seemed to have an endless suply of fury these days. "Well, let's go find Raven." Without another word, everyone seeping with fustration at Terra, the four friends and Lecita headed off into the night. It was amazing how one simple action could complicate a life so much, thought Robin. Just by lunging for Starfire instead of Raven, he now felt guilty and Terra had left them. Not that I care about that, he thought. And Lecita started running ahead, the others following her along a winding street under the setting sun.
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Raventhedarkgoddess: That's chapter six.
Terra: YOU are so out of line.
Raventhedarkgoddess: And you are an evil person who needs to be smacked. *smacks Terra*
Terra: Ow!
Raventhedarkgoddess: Please reveiw, and I'll work on another chapter.
Terra: You little.....!
Terra: You are just kidding, right?
Raventhedarkgoddess: Um...no?
Terra: You are one weird person.
Raventhedarkgoddess: Thanks for noticing. Read and review. I also want to say I'm sorry that this story is laced with typing errors, but there's nothing I can do about it.
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Chapter Six: One Simple Action
Robin sat in the living room, eyes lifeless. Behind this quiet manor, however, he seeped with fury. This fury was aimed at Slade, at himself, and at the world in general. Terra and Beast Boy were engadged in a video game match, and he felt a little fustrated with the whole team. They had inisted that he relax, after hearing what had happened from Star.
Robin was restless. He didn't want to relax, but the others wouldn't come with him until it was dark outside. Eight o' clock, he thought bitterly. That's an hour away. And one less hour could be the difference between her life and my freedom. Robin traced this back to it's source and even resented Starfire. First off, it was her they were after. And then she'd handed Raven that necklace and gotton her kidnapped...Raven might even be here right now if she hadn't followed him. Robin's head slipped sidways and he fell asleep.
Lecita saw the building up ahead. Why, nagged a little voice in her head, are you doing this again? Because, she snapped in the same tone of voice, I caused them problems in my haste to fix my own. They're friend is suffering, the wrong friend, even. I want to help. Just because I worked for Slade didn't mean I liked him. And, added the voice, you need help finding your sister.
Fine, maybe I do. Lecita knocked on the door, hard. Maybe they're asleep, she thought quietly. Just then, the door swung open and Starfire poked her head out the door. "It is you!" Starfire looked at Lecita as if she was repused. "What harm are you wishing to bring to us this time?"
Robin jerked upright. Starfire was yelling again. Getting up, mind unclear from sleep, Robin flattened his hair and staggered to the door. He was shocked to see the black wearing, pale-faced teen, hood down, standing in the doorway. "YOU," he spat at her. "What do you want?"
Lecita knew they were going to be like this. After all, they regared her as evil now. She was trash, garbage in their lives. "I want to help you find your friend." Robin's eyebrows went up criticly, and Starfire seemed to hesitate. The others came over and joined the staring crowd.
"Give me your knives," Robin muttered in a supicious voice. Lecita fished one from her pocket and handed it to them. The other had been lost eariler as she flee the rooftop. "Happy now?"
"Come in," Cyborg muttered. Lecita sat down on the very edge of their couch. She glanced around nervously. The Titans, for the fight they put up, had a nice house.
"I guess I'll just start at the begening. I'm not looking for you guys to pity me, but I want to you to understand how I know what I know." And with that, she lanched into the tale of her life. She'd been born in the small town of Juhabia, a little town outside of a city in West Virgina. Daugther of a hunter, she'd become an expert archer and knife thrower. Her mother died giving birth to her younger sister, Anna. When she was fourteen and Anna was twelve, her father had tried to drive home drunk and landed in a ditch, dead by the morning.
And so life had changed forever. Now orphans with no family, the two girls had been sent to a foster home. Anna and Lecita had been rebals, and so they were split up. At age sixteen, Lecita had run away and began looking for her sister. She met Slade in an ally one night and he had offered her money. The amont was enough to find and care for her sister forever. She had agreed, and here she was now, telling them the tale of her life. "That's it," she conculded lamly.
"I am sorry to hear about your life," Starfire said softly. The fact that she was ready to kill for money was a little creapy, but it made sense. The fact that she had been ready to kidnap Starfire really creeped her out, but she said nothing else about it.
"So, are you guys going to come with me to see Raven? He told me about his backup plan, his lair." Lecita fixed them all with a stare. Come on, she pleaded silently. She wouldn't be able to live with herself if she didn't help them out of this mess.
"Fine." Robin said the one word without hesitation, causing everyone else to look at him as if he were insane. Robin, the team's cautious leader, had suddenly turned his own world upsidedown in order to find Raven. "Dude, are you SURE you're okay?" Beast Boy asked.
"Then follow me," Lecita said gently. She didn't know why, but she kind of liked this group. Sure, they were weird and they had hurt her, but they had commpation for their friend. And she felt ready to help them, no matter what.
"Robin's gone just a little crazy, huh?" Cyborg said to Beast Boy. Beast Boy nodded in agreement. "I mean, come on! He let's us take the night off, then he has us follow our enemy!" Beast Boy nodded again.
"God, she isn't that important. You all go on and on...Raven this, Raven that. What if she's hurt? What if...? You worry too much! All of you! We're fine without her! Look, just look! You are fine!" Terra yelled at them loudly. Slade was right when he said their friendship was going to be their downfall.
"She's more than that! Raven is one of the most sensitive, loyal people I have ever met! Whatever your deal is, I don't like it! Just shut your face!" Beast Boy threatend Terra.
"Come on! Raven is just another team member! We can be the Titans without her!" Terra shouted back.
"No we cannot. You, Terra, understand nothing. I do not know who's side you are on, but it is not ours!" Starfire glared at her.
"Now that you've wrecked our lives, get lost!" Cyborg pointed the blaster ray at her face. "Just go away!" Terra stepped back.
"Fine, I will! You'll see me again soon, and you'll know I'm right!" Terra threw her hair back, spun around, and walked away from the team, headed home to Slade.
Lecita stared at what had just happened. "She's really mean about your friend. One of the things I did to make my life easy was tell her that...and I feel really bad about this...Was that you guys would die if she hurt me. She just stopped trying to hurt me, didn't even try to struggle. She really cares about you guys. That Terra girl didn't know her that well."
"You're right. She didn't." Robin stared after Terra in fury. He seemed to have an endless suply of fury these days. "Well, let's go find Raven." Without another word, everyone seeping with fustration at Terra, the four friends and Lecita headed off into the night. It was amazing how one simple action could complicate a life so much, thought Robin. Just by lunging for Starfire instead of Raven, he now felt guilty and Terra had left them. Not that I care about that, he thought. And Lecita started running ahead, the others following her along a winding street under the setting sun.
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Raventhedarkgoddess: That's chapter six.
Terra: YOU are so out of line.
Raventhedarkgoddess: And you are an evil person who needs to be smacked. *smacks Terra*
Terra: Ow!
Raventhedarkgoddess: Please reveiw, and I'll work on another chapter.
Terra: You little.....!