I want to say to reply to some reviews that I got. Here we go:
Dan Heron: Thanks for replying! I'm sorry if I'm confusing you (if the
cliffhanger confused you, then I'm not :))
Wisteria Fox: Thank you for replying as well! Thanks for the advice, too. I'll try to use it in future chapters & stories.
Here's the next chapter. I hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: I only own Manticore.
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The figure left the room. She took off her disguise. Under it was Raven. She looked different, though. Her hood was on differently. Instead of a point coming down in front of her face, her forehead was completely covered by her cape. She levitated and left, heading for Titan's Tower.
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BB was arguing with Cyborg about lunch. "There is no way that I'm going to eat that tofu junk! It's disgusting!"
"So what! I'm not going to eat meat! Think of the cow that died to make just one hamburger!"
Manticore tried to stifle a laugh. Despite her and Raven being different on their opinions of the boys, she thought that it was ridiculous of them to argue about what they were going to eat. "Hey guys!" she said, "Why don't you just eat two different meals? Problem Solved."
The boys stared at her like it was too simple to be true, when Starfire flew in. "Greetings friends! I was wondering where friend Raven is. Do you know? I wish to know if she is feeling better."
"No, we don't know where she is but we'll tell you when we find her." BB said.
"Feeling better?" Manticore inquired.
"Yes. Earlier, while I was telling the other Titans of what had happened, she left. She seemed upset to be about something." As she finished saying that, Raven came though the door. "Hello, friend Raven, we were just talking about you!"
"Oh, you were?" Raven seemed to be irritated for some reason.
"Don't worry, it wasn't anything bad. We were just wondering where you were."
Raven looked like she was about to respond, when the alarm sounded and Robin came in and said, "Titans, trouble!"
"Duh Robin." Raven said, still sounding irritated.
Robin looked at her with a Did-you-just-say-that? look on his face then said, "I guess." Then he turned his attention to the rest of the Titans. "The H.I.V.E. is robbing a bank."
"Can I help?" Manticore asked.
"Sure." BB responded, "We don't want a repeat of what happened last time we left you home alone." Manticore playfully elbowed BB as they went (or flew) out the door. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
They got there and the H.I.V.E. was still there. Robin said, "Titans, go!"
Jinx took one look at Manticore and said, "She's mine! I still have a score to settle with her!" as Raven said the same thing about her. The battle ensued for quite a while: Jinx vs. Manticore and Raven (Raven went berserk), Gizmo vs. Cyborg and Starfire, and Mammoth vs. BB and Robin.
Mammoth got K.O.ed first, then Gizmo, and then Raven looked like she was going to do what she did to Dr. Light again. Manticore got in the way and hit Jinx with a powerful starbolt after becoming a Tameranean. Raven was seething. "I could have gotten her! I wanted to get her! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING, MANTICORE?!?!"
Manticore stepped away from her and said, "Geesh, all I did was make sure you didn't lose control of your emotions, Raven! What's your problem?"
BB stepped in between them and said, "Ding, ding, ding! End of round one! Go into your corners and calm down!"
The girls turned and forgot about their argument because that usually didn't come from BB (considering that he's usually the source of the fight). Then Raven got mad again, but Robin said, "Guys, why don't we just forget it and go home!" Anytime anyone mentioned Jinx or the fight, Raven got mad and something blew up.
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After they got home, Raven sulked in a corner while Robin left to train. Manticore and BB played video games. Cy was going to play winner, and Star watched the game. Manticore was surprisingly good. "WHAT?!?!" BB yelled. "HOW COULD YOU BEAT ME?!?! This is your first time playing video games!"
"I never said that. I said I had never played this video game before. I have played several. I know a lot about Earth's electronic devices, particularly computers. I thought I told you that."
"Yeah, and I didn't really lose, I...made it easy for you 'cuz I thought it was your first time playing! Want a rematch?"
"Oh, no you don't, you elf!" Cyborg yelled, "I'm playing this time! I'm going to see if she can beat me."
"No way! She's doing a rematch with me!"
Manticore again tried to stifle her laughing as the boys argued. They didn't argue for very long, though: Raven picked them up with her powers and threw them into another room. Manticore heard BB and Cyborg get hurt. She turned to Raven and said, "What is your problem?! Just because you don't want to hear them gives you no right to hurt them! They're your friends! You get to have something I never had, other than you, and you take them for granted!" Manticore looked like she was going to keep going, but Raven gagged her with her powers. Manticore left to see if she could take it off.
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Manticore was in her room meditating the next day (she has to meditate to be able to control her powers while expressing her emotions), when Starfire came in and said, "Friend Manticore, Robin wishes for you and the other Titans to come to a gathering. He wishes to discuss something with us."
"Sure, why not." Manticore replied. She had had her hood up for the first time that the Titans knew of. She kept it up during the "gathering" as Star put it. Manticore looked around the room and noticed that all the Titans were there except for Raven.
Robin got everyone's attention and said, "Guys, I need to talk to you. It's about Raven. I suppose you all have noticed that she has been acting strangely lately." The Titans all nodded their heads in agreement.
BB spoke up. "Raven hasn't meditated for days. She's been blowing stuff up a lot, too."
"Friends," Starfire said, "I believe that Raven began to act differently after we informed her of my rescue, and when she discovered Manticore's secret."
"That's right!" Manticore said, "I think I know what's wrong..."
Raven came in and saw what they were doing. "I guess I won't delay it any longer!" The other Titans looked at her, confused. She said her incantation and tied them all up, which included knocking them out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Someone reviewed one of my stories and suggested that I not say "I'd like x reviews before I update" so I'm not going to do that anymore, but I'd still like reviews!
Wisteria Fox: Thank you for replying as well! Thanks for the advice, too. I'll try to use it in future chapters & stories.
Here's the next chapter. I hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: I only own Manticore.
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The figure left the room. She took off her disguise. Under it was Raven. She looked different, though. Her hood was on differently. Instead of a point coming down in front of her face, her forehead was completely covered by her cape. She levitated and left, heading for Titan's Tower.
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BB was arguing with Cyborg about lunch. "There is no way that I'm going to eat that tofu junk! It's disgusting!"
"So what! I'm not going to eat meat! Think of the cow that died to make just one hamburger!"
Manticore tried to stifle a laugh. Despite her and Raven being different on their opinions of the boys, she thought that it was ridiculous of them to argue about what they were going to eat. "Hey guys!" she said, "Why don't you just eat two different meals? Problem Solved."
The boys stared at her like it was too simple to be true, when Starfire flew in. "Greetings friends! I was wondering where friend Raven is. Do you know? I wish to know if she is feeling better."
"No, we don't know where she is but we'll tell you when we find her." BB said.
"Feeling better?" Manticore inquired.
"Yes. Earlier, while I was telling the other Titans of what had happened, she left. She seemed upset to be about something." As she finished saying that, Raven came though the door. "Hello, friend Raven, we were just talking about you!"
"Oh, you were?" Raven seemed to be irritated for some reason.
"Don't worry, it wasn't anything bad. We were just wondering where you were."
Raven looked like she was about to respond, when the alarm sounded and Robin came in and said, "Titans, trouble!"
"Duh Robin." Raven said, still sounding irritated.
Robin looked at her with a Did-you-just-say-that? look on his face then said, "I guess." Then he turned his attention to the rest of the Titans. "The H.I.V.E. is robbing a bank."
"Can I help?" Manticore asked.
"Sure." BB responded, "We don't want a repeat of what happened last time we left you home alone." Manticore playfully elbowed BB as they went (or flew) out the door. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
They got there and the H.I.V.E. was still there. Robin said, "Titans, go!"
Jinx took one look at Manticore and said, "She's mine! I still have a score to settle with her!" as Raven said the same thing about her. The battle ensued for quite a while: Jinx vs. Manticore and Raven (Raven went berserk), Gizmo vs. Cyborg and Starfire, and Mammoth vs. BB and Robin.
Mammoth got K.O.ed first, then Gizmo, and then Raven looked like she was going to do what she did to Dr. Light again. Manticore got in the way and hit Jinx with a powerful starbolt after becoming a Tameranean. Raven was seething. "I could have gotten her! I wanted to get her! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING, MANTICORE?!?!"
Manticore stepped away from her and said, "Geesh, all I did was make sure you didn't lose control of your emotions, Raven! What's your problem?"
BB stepped in between them and said, "Ding, ding, ding! End of round one! Go into your corners and calm down!"
The girls turned and forgot about their argument because that usually didn't come from BB (considering that he's usually the source of the fight). Then Raven got mad again, but Robin said, "Guys, why don't we just forget it and go home!" Anytime anyone mentioned Jinx or the fight, Raven got mad and something blew up.
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After they got home, Raven sulked in a corner while Robin left to train. Manticore and BB played video games. Cy was going to play winner, and Star watched the game. Manticore was surprisingly good. "WHAT?!?!" BB yelled. "HOW COULD YOU BEAT ME?!?! This is your first time playing video games!"
"I never said that. I said I had never played this video game before. I have played several. I know a lot about Earth's electronic devices, particularly computers. I thought I told you that."
"Yeah, and I didn't really lose, I...made it easy for you 'cuz I thought it was your first time playing! Want a rematch?"
"Oh, no you don't, you elf!" Cyborg yelled, "I'm playing this time! I'm going to see if she can beat me."
"No way! She's doing a rematch with me!"
Manticore again tried to stifle her laughing as the boys argued. They didn't argue for very long, though: Raven picked them up with her powers and threw them into another room. Manticore heard BB and Cyborg get hurt. She turned to Raven and said, "What is your problem?! Just because you don't want to hear them gives you no right to hurt them! They're your friends! You get to have something I never had, other than you, and you take them for granted!" Manticore looked like she was going to keep going, but Raven gagged her with her powers. Manticore left to see if she could take it off.
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Manticore was in her room meditating the next day (she has to meditate to be able to control her powers while expressing her emotions), when Starfire came in and said, "Friend Manticore, Robin wishes for you and the other Titans to come to a gathering. He wishes to discuss something with us."
"Sure, why not." Manticore replied. She had had her hood up for the first time that the Titans knew of. She kept it up during the "gathering" as Star put it. Manticore looked around the room and noticed that all the Titans were there except for Raven.
Robin got everyone's attention and said, "Guys, I need to talk to you. It's about Raven. I suppose you all have noticed that she has been acting strangely lately." The Titans all nodded their heads in agreement.
BB spoke up. "Raven hasn't meditated for days. She's been blowing stuff up a lot, too."
"Friends," Starfire said, "I believe that Raven began to act differently after we informed her of my rescue, and when she discovered Manticore's secret."
"That's right!" Manticore said, "I think I know what's wrong..."
Raven came in and saw what they were doing. "I guess I won't delay it any longer!" The other Titans looked at her, confused. She said her incantation and tied them all up, which included knocking them out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Someone reviewed one of my stories and suggested that I not say "I'd like x reviews before I update" so I'm not going to do that anymore, but I'd still like reviews!