Secrets of the Titan
Castles: More postcards from Kitty! She's back soon!! PSLK is doing well tho. == Hopefully I'll try to lift the darkened mood this time, and I've fixed my breaks between the sections, for some reason it rejected my usual squigglies. UU
PSLK: Hi everyone! Castles does not own the Teen Titans. She only puts claims to…to the mysterious guy who spoke to speedy in the last chapter.….
Castles: You need work. Oh well, postcards in!
Dear Castles & PSLK.
I have a tan! My fur has gone dark brown! And I have the male kitties after me, they chase me round the hotel! Anyway, I'll see you soon!
Luv Kitty. x x x
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Change-Of-Heart2: I'm thinking big here, as dark as I can get, (which isn't very dark at all…) I'll work on getting updates as fast as I can!!!
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Leahgrave: Abuse? Don't forget, I do have to keep in check with the rules, some fucking grasser could report me. But still, your idea intrigues me…
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Castles: I'm gonna put a poem in this fic somewhere…Maybe this chapter…I dunno…On with the ficcie!
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The snow was still falling as the evening drew later into the night. The soft white flakes fell with a sign, dropping gently onto the roof of Titans Tower. Within the Tower was two members of the Titans, even though they had neither spoke to, nor seen one another for almost 3 years.
It wasn't so much that they both hated one another. It was more along the lines of the history that was behind the spilt of the Titans 3 years ago. The team had fallen apart when Vic had left first. He had been followed by Raven two and a half months later, before Kory had eventually given up and left one stormy night, about 5 months after Raven. That had left Tim and Gar. The boy wonder had set out to find their lost team members one day, when Gar had decided to go as well.
When Tim had returned, - he had found himself all alone. The wind had blown silently through the tower, as nearly all signs of life disappeared. Until Victor came back, - but only to keep maintenance of the tower. The two had become enemies, as Tim took to living on the bottom of the Tower, whilst Victor took to the top end. They were living in the same building, - but didn't want anything to do with each other.
Vic mulled over it as he sat at the desk in his room. Sometimes, he wanted to see his old friends again, but what hope did he have? They were all gone, scattered with the wind. He knew Kory had gone to Gotham City, Tim had told him that, had said everyone had 'felt incomplete' without him.
He had no idea as to whether he believed that or not, considering the reasons why he had left.
Then again, Tim had become an arrogant, stuck up prick in the last few years. Why should he believe him?
Taking up a pen, he began to write:
Maybe this isn't the future we were meant to have…Perhaps the Great Battle changed things, destining us all the separate lives. Everybody has gone. Kory's laughter is no longer heard on a bright summer's day. Raven's books are never left on the coffee table, her meditation words are never echoing through the corridors. And Gar…God I would give the world to see him before me, to hear his corny jokes, to play games with him again. But that's all gone. Never again. The Titans are history, - and always will be.
"If only…If only we could turn back time…." Victor whispered softly.
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The music was, on a rare occasion, not blaring out of a nearby stereo. Raven was surprised at that, but not at the usual crowd in the lounge that hung around drinking.
"Hey Kev!" Raven shouted.
"Yeah?" A neon-green hair coloured guy yelled back.
"Friday Night Parties tomorrow?" She called.
"Totally!! Come on, when do we not have parties?!"
"When you're out of town." She replied in a deadpan tone.
"All these guys are your flatmates?" Gar asked.
"Yep. But I'll probably get a new roommate soon enough, rooms go quickly here." She led the way to a room at the far back of a small corridor, taking down a Slipknot poster, as she opened the door.
"My roommate liked Slipknot. So do I, but this poster reminds me of her." The demon explained.
"Cool, you guys have bunks. Top or bottom?" The changeling had already worked out the crowd there was mainly Goths, but he hadn't expected every room to be mainly black.
"Bottom. And the top bunk is a little blood-stained at the moment, we're working on getting a new mattress." Raven answered. She picked up a discarded bottle of vodka, still half-full, and took a swig, before offering it to the shape shifter. He hesitated for a minute, then took a mouthful.
So, um, where I going for the night?" He nervously asked. She pointed to the bottom bunk, still drinking from the vodka bottle.
The atmosphere between them was one of a nervous kind. This was shattered for a moment as the door burst open, and Skull came in.
"Hey my pretty babe, we're bunking down for the night. So, who's ya new friend?"
"That's Gar, he's crashing here tonight. " She replied.
"Cool. Nice to meet ya man, you look like a fun guy." Skull offered his hand in greeting, which Garfield gladly took.
"Hey, I have a history of being the funny guy, so no difference there." He felt a bit more comfortable; this wasn't a living environment he was used to.
"Hey, what are you working tomorrow Rae?" Skull asked, keeping one eye on each of them.
"Afternoon shift, Spike's got the evening. I think Maria's on morning." She answered. "Hang on a sec, I need my pyjama top, I'll come with you."
"Yeah, okay babe. " Skull merely kissed her, then hugged her briefly and left. She followed, calling back to the changeling.
"Go to bed if you want. I'll be back in a few minutes myself. " With that, Gar shrugged, took off his cloak, and officially went to bed.
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Garfield had to admit; the bottom bunk was rather comfortable, and clean as well. The lights were beginning to go off, and voices were dying down. The doorway to the room was still open, a faint light shining down into the room.
Raven returned within about 5 minutes. Seemingly dressed for bed, as far as his sleepy self registered, he didn't notice when she slipped into the bed beside him. He was practically asleep, but still, it was different having someone with him.
Raven didn't exactly care either. Having had a relationship with both Skull and Spike, and having slept with both so many times she'd lost count, the demon was used to sharing a bed with another person. And for once in a while, she was strangely glad to have company that wasn't with her for the sex. However much she loved her flatmates, nearly all of the guys, - unless they were gay, only ever went out with girls for the chance to get them in bed. She didn't pay much attention when Gar snuggled a bit closer to her, arms crossing, breaths gently playing across two cheeks. A slight surge of warmth fell through her, encouraging sleep, which she willingly took.
Lost in two separate worlds, mixed feelings ran wild, dreams and fantasies given new leases of life. It seemed a bit different to Raven, as if her usual realm was slightly different. A strange whispering wind of forbidden thoughts held place inside a storm of emotion, forbidden thoughts that Raven somehow realised was wrong. She shouldn't be thinking these things, she shouldn't be encouraging these thoughts.
And yet she was, - unaware of a similar situation going on within the mind of her friend beside her.
Neither saw the shadows beside the door.
Skull watched with a rather different look across his face. This should not have happened. It was bad enough that the two had met up again, but she was infatuated with him, he could already tell that. Mother had already taught him how to read feelings and emotions, but she was going to be far from happy when she heard about this.
He somehow wished that he didn't have to do this, but if he didn't, mother would kill him instantly the second she laid eyes on him.
Raven was like a sister to him, but he had to make sure nothing occurred between them, especially not meeting up with the other Titans. Now his only problem was how to dispose of the green changeling without making it obvious. That would be difficult, Rae was an empath, and if he survived, she might well sense something and blow his cover.
For now, mother would just have to know the details. He would have to desperately wish that she wouldn't beat him for it…
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"Mother, please forgive me. I did not intend for such matters to arise." Skull kneeled before his mother, the darkened caves lining fear and horror around them.
"Matters?! You failed me! I know Garfield Logan inside out. He is not one to be taken lightly. "
"And the, 'prisoner?'" Skull stammered.
"He will serve his purpose. I just hope we have enough time. Wait, what am I taking about, - there is no such thing as hope." Her voice was sweet, but bitter, hatred lining the sweetness thickly. She turned, eyes casting upon a barred cavern behind her. Within there was the real reason she was working here.
"Mother, we have struck! The remaining HIVE agents have been captured! " The entrance of two loud, slightly obnoxious twins distracted the dark haired woman, who turned in anger upon her children. Skull however took a chance. Turning carefully, he made a break for it out of a nearby tunnel, succeeding as he slipped away in relief, away from his mother's wrath.
"MAX! ANNA!! WHY DO YOU ALWAYS MAKE SUCH AN ENTRANCE?!?!" The pure loathing rage in her voice made brother and sister cringe in fear, bowing frantically before her.
"Mother please…we did not mean…" The girl pleaded in desperation, failing miserably as she only angered the woman further.
"ENOUGH! TO HELL THE BOTH OF YOU!!!!" She summoned a emerald green flame ball in one palm, hurling it at the twins. The two screamed in their pain, their bodies transforming into small glass cages, bars lining the outside. Within the two glass houses lay two piles of black sand, their mother clicking her fingers.
Two servants came at once, picking up the glass cages. The servants went at once to a tunnel with shelves carved out of the stone. Here the glasses were laid, the twins damned to hell forever.
"Do you have no humanity left within you?" A harsh ragged voice asked from behind the tall mother. She turned in her rage, summoning a fire ball again.
"Go ahead. Kill me. You'll never succeed then. You'll never succeed anyway, whether I'm alive or not. She'll find me, and when she does, I hope these tunnels of misery collapse upon you." The voice was struggling, eyes watching the anger build within the woman.
To the voice's mistress, this was getting rather frustrating overall. She wanted them dead, but she was going to have to wait.
But one thing was for certain.
She wasn't going to wait forever.
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Castles: I cannot build the tension anymore! I have to stop there, or I'll give everything away! Hmm, question for you all…
Have I rushed BBxRae, or am I pacing them well enough? I'm putting them together, but there's a lot of secrets hidden in this story, and I'm trying not to put them together too soon…
PSLK: Mmm…naughty forbidden stories on naughty site…
Castles: Stop looking at adult fiction sites! That's bad! Oh well, where's that web address again…
PSLK: Oh. UU C ya all when we update!!